Albuminuria, impaired kidney function and cardiovascular outcomes or mortality in the elderly

Background. Kidney disease is a risk factor for mortality and cardiovascular disease in older adults, but the separate and combined effects of albuminuria and cystatin C, a novel marker of glomerular filtration, are not known. Methods. We examined associations of these markers with mortality and car...

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Main Authors: Rifkin, Dena E., Katz, Ronit, Chonchol, Michel, Fried, Linda F., Cao, Jie, de Boer, Ian H., Siscovick, David S., Shlipak, Michael G., Sarnak, Mark J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2010
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Clinical Nephrology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3307251/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20008829
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfp646
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