title: Cystatin C--an accurate marker of glomerular filtration rate after renal transplantation?
abstract: The performance of serum cystatin C as a screening marker of reduced creatinine clearance in renal transplantation was evaluated and compared to serum creatinine. In addition we studied whether cystatin C accurately reflects creatinine clearance over the entire range of transplant function. Serum cystatin C, serum creatinine, and creatinine clearance were measured in 110 adult renal transplant recipients. Cystatin C detected reduced creatinine clearance with the high sensitivity of 95%. Serum cystatin C and serum creatinine did not differ regarding 90 and 95% sensitivity, derived from the receiver-operating characteristics plot. We demonstrated a strong correlation and linear association between 1/cystatin C and creatinine clearance over the entire range of transplant function, equivalent to that of 1/creatinine. In summary, serum cystatin C accurately reflects creatinine clearance over the entire range of transplant function and is as efficacious as serum creatinine to detect reduced creatinine clearance in renal transplant recipients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herget-Rosenthal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trabold
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huesing
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Heemann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Philipp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kribben
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism*; D055316:Cystatin C; D015891:Cystatins / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C525030:CST3 protein, human; D055316:Cystatin C; D015891:Cystatins; D003404:Creatinine