Answer the following about medical metrics that pathologize non-white populations, for 10 points each.
[10h] The reference minimum count of these cells, 1500 cells per microliter, disregards the normal lower levels of these cells found in populations of African descent, leading to the diagnosis of “benign ethnic [lack of these cells].”
ANSWER: neutrophils [or polymorphonuclear neutrophils; or PMNs; accept benign ethnic neutropenia; prompt on BEN] (This clue refers to the reference values used in the US; other countries use other reference values, and most African countries’ reference values reflect the prevalence of the Duffy null phenotype in the population.)
[10e] The eugenicist Adolphe Quetelet developed this other metric using white reference populations. This metric doesn’t account for population-level differences in body fat percentage and distribution and perpetuates weight bias.
ANSWER: BMI [or body mass index]
[10m] In 2021, NKF and ASN removed a multiplier for Black people from the CKD-EPI equation for this metric. The multiplier inflated Black patients’ value for this metric, delaying their access to kidney transplant evaluations.
ANSWER: eGFR [or estimated glomerular filtration rate; prompt on filtration rate; reject “mGFR” or “measured glomerular filtration rate”]
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