Question

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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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Chicago AYale A0101020
Chicago BBrown A010010
Claremont ASouth Carolina A010010
Columbia AToronto A010010
Cornell BNorth Carolina A010010
Duke AMaryland A010010
Florida BHouston A010010
Georgia Tech ACornell A0101020
Georgia Tech BVirginia A010010
Harvard ATexas A010010
Indiana ANorthwestern A010010
Iowa State AIllinois A010010
MIT AUC Berkeley A010010
Michigan AImperial A010010
Minnesota AChicago C010010
Minnesota BJohns Hopkins A010010
NYU AColumbia B010010
Penn State APenn A010010
Rutgers AMcGill A0101020
Rutgers BVanderbilt A010010
Stanford AFlorida A0101020
UC Berkeley BPurdue A010010
WUSTL AOhio State A0101020
Yale BWUSTL B1010020