Chronic Kidney Disease Gfr Ranges

A gfr of less than 60 may mean you have kidney disease.

Chronic kidney disease gfr ranges. About chronic kidney disease ckd with chronic kidney disease the kidneys don t usually fail all at once. A gfr of 60 or more is in the normal range. A patient is said to have chronic kidney disease ckd if they have abnormalities of kidney function or structure present for more than 3 months. Normal gfr is approximately 100 but you will often see it reported as 90 greater than 90 or 60 greater than 60.

Ask your health care provider when your gfr should be checked again. The stages of chronic kidney disease ckd your gfr number tells you how much kidney function you have as kidney disease gets worse the gfr number goes down. Five stages of chronic kidney disease. The formula to calculate gfr includes body size age sex and ethnicity.

The definition of ckd includes all individuals with markers of kidney damage see below or those with an egfr of less than 60 ml min 1 73m2 on at least 2 occasions 90 days apart with or without. A egfr below 60 for three months or more or a egfr above 60 with kidney damage marked by high levels of albumin in your urine indicates chronic kidney disease. Glomerular filtration rate gfr gfr or glomerular filtration rate shows how much blood your kidneys filter in 1 minute.