Introduction:

The renal chronic disease affects around a tenth part of the worldwide population and the most used analytical methods for its diagnosis have a low sensibility and precision.

Objective:

To determine cystatin C's concentrations for evaluation of glomerular masking in pre-dialytic phases of the renal chronic disease.

Methods:

A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out.The study universe was made up of 102 patients with chronic kidney disease in stages from one to four who were treated in an outpatient department of the Nephrology service. The samplewas 81 patients who did not present the modifier factors of glomerular masking, creatinine and cystatin C related with the renal chronic disease.

Results:

The patients older than 61 years predominated. The cystatin C augmented in more patients than the creatinine. The cystatin C augmented equally in both sexes and the creatinine more in men. The average of the results moved away over the average of the value of reference in the cystatin C and the creatinine did not present normal values in patients with renal chronic insufficiency. The equations that they use cystatin C were better forecaster of damage renal.

Conclusions:

The cystatin C was the best predictor of renal damage.

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