What Stage Am I In?
There are five stages of kidney disease. Your glomerular filtration rate (GFR)–considered by medical professionals to be the best measure of kidney function–lets kidney care experts figure out your stage of kidney disease. Understanding it can help you learn how to take control and make any change to certain lifestyle habits in order to possibly slow the progression of your condition. Determining your GFR levels requires a simple blood test. Use this GFR Calculator tool to help you determine which stage of kidney disease you are in currently.
What Your GFR Result Means
Completely healthy kidney function is measured at a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of around 100, which means that the kidneys are working at 100 percent. Your kidney function is still considered normal if the GFR number is 90 or greater. If your GFR is 45, you know that your kidneys are working at approximately 45 percent of the normal rate.
Healthy kidneys or kidney damage with normal or high GFR
GFR LEVEL: 90mL/min or more
Kidney damage and mild decrease in GFR
GFR LEVEL: 60 TO 89 mL/min
Moderate decrease in GFR
GFR LEVEL: 30 TO 59 mL/min
Severe decrease in GFR
GFR LEVEL: 15 TO 29 mL/min
Kidney Failure
GFR LEVEL: Less than 15 mL/min or on dialysis
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Stage GFR* Description
1 90 +Normal kidney function but urine findings or structural abnormalities or genetic trait point to kidney disease
2 60-89 Mildly reduced kidney function, and other findings (as for stage 1) point to kidney disease
3A 45-59
3B 30-44 Moderately reduced kidney function
4 15-29 Severely reduced kidney function
5 <15 or on dialysis Very severe, or end-stage kidney failure
MDApp cannot and will not be held legally, financially, or medically responsible for decisions made using or based on results from its clinical tools, medical algorithms, scores and calculators, and is for the use of medical professionals only. It is not in the scope of MDApp to give medical advice, diagnosis or treatment services.
All the information MDApp offers, within medical tools and accompanying content, is intended for information purpose only and medical professionals should exercise their own clinical judgment as to the information they provide. Any non-medical professionals who use MDApp, do so at their own risk and should seek professional medical advice for their concerns including but not limited to diagnosis, medication and other treatments.
Please note that only a licensed professional has the authority to officially diagnose and assess an individual in regard of any health aspects.
Due diligence was taken for MDApp content to conform to the standards of professional practice at the time of development. Please note that the results displayed by the clinical tools on MDApp may not be 100% accurate, correct and/or complete and that they are intended solely for information purposes. Any reliance placed on the content of the website is to be made at your own risk.
Information present on the MDApp Site has been obtained from sources believed to be accurate and reliable, however, neither
MDApp nor content sources warrant the accuracy, completeness or up-to-datedness of the information on this Site.
Medical professionals are cautioned to use clinical judgement and consult a variety of sources to ensure they have the latest available information.
We put every effort in keeping the website up and running at all times. However, we cannot take responsibility for and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues that would be beyond our control.
All the content of the MDApp Site (including but not limited to text, images and clinical tools forms) is for information purposes only and does not recommend or endorse specific clinical tools or medical professionals.
Neither MDApp nor our content providers assume any liability or responsibility for damage or injury (including death) to you other persons or property arising from any use of any product, information, idea or instruction contained in the content or services provided to you.