Why you should get your Kidney Score
FACT: The earlier kidney disease is detected, the better the chance of slowing or stopping its progression. Of the 90,000 people awaiting organ donation in the United States, two-thirds need a new kidney.
Kidney Score is the best way to measure the level of kidney function and determine stages of kidney disease before later stages of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) occur.
It's a simple equation that many labs already provide and that physicians can calculate using the results of blood creatinine test, age, race, gender and other factors.
Kidney Score is then used to determine how far along a patient is in the five stages of CKD according to the National Kidney Foundation.
Getting a Kidney Score test is as simple as asking your physician.