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Health risk

Estimates from named published equations, for context rather than diagnosis.

Risk equations can provide context without deciding whether a person is safe, impaired or ill. The category is deliberately narrow: a Widmark alcohol estimate for education, and the race-free CKD-EPI 2021 kidney-function estimate, which places a creatinine result in the KDIGO categories without diagnosing anything. Alcohol absorption, distribution and elimination vary widely, so an estimate must never be used to decide whether to drive or perform a safety-critical task. If safety is uncertain, choose the safer action regardless of the number. An eGFR is read by a clinician alongside other tests, never on its own.