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  • Title: Cystatin C is not more sensitive than creatinine for detecting early renal impairment in patients with diabetes.
    Author: Oddoze C, Morange S, Portugal H, Berland Y, Dussol B.
    Journal: Am J Kidney Dis; 2001 Aug; 38(2):310-6. PubMed ID: 11479157.
    Abstract:
    This study evaluated serum cystatin C as a potential new marker of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in 49 patients who had steady-state diabetes with early renal impairment. We determined the correlation between GFR measured by chromium 51-labeled EDTA and levels of serum cystatin C, serum creatinine, serum beta(2)-microglobulin, endogenous creatinine clearance, and Cockcroft formula. Sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of renal failure, defined as a GFR less than either 80 or 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2), were calculated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for creatinine, cystatin C, and beta(2)-microglobulin. Finally, we compared mean values of these three serum parameters in patients grouped according to GFR using the two definitions of renal failure. Correlation coefficients with GFR were -0.77 for serum creatinine level, -0.65 for serum cystatin C level, -0.71 for serum beta(2)-microglobulin level, +0.56 for endogenous creatinine clearance, and +0.69 for Cockcroft formula (all P < 0.001). With a cutoff value of 60 mL/min/1.73 m(2), areas under the ROC curve were 0.972 for beta(2)-microglobulin, 0.925 for cystatin C, and 0.916 for creatinine levels. With a cutoff value of 80 mL/min/1.73 m(2), these were 0.838 for beta(2)-microglobulin, 0.780 for cystatin C, and 0.905 for creatinine levels (P = not significant between parameters). These results were not altered after the exclusion of patients (n = 8) with a serum creatinine level greater than 1.41 mg/dL. When patients were classified into three groups according to GFR (group 1, >80 mL/min/1.73 m(2); group 2, 60 to 80 mL/min/1.73 m(2); group 3, <60 mL/min/1.73 m(2)), mean values of serum parameters in the three groups were statistically different (P < 0.0001) except between groups 1 and 2 for cystatin C and beta(2)-microglobulin. With patients classified into two groups (GFR > or < 80 mL/min/1.73 m(2)), mean values for each parameter were statistically different (P < 0.001). Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values for serum creatinine and serum cystatin C levels were very close for both definitions of renal failure. Serum cystatin C is not better than serum creatinine or serum beta(2)-microglobulin levels for estimating GFR in patients with steady-state diabetes using ROC curves or other validation tests.
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