Influence of Urine Creatinine on the Relationship between the Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio and Cardiovascular Events

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In the albumin-to-creatinine ratio (spot-ACR), urine creatinine corrects for tonicity but also reflects muscle mass. Low muscle mass is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). We hypothesized that the spot-ACR would be higher in women, lower-weight persons, and older...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Carter, Caitlin E., Gansevoort, Ronald T., Scheven, Lieneke, Heerspink, Hiddo J. Lambers, Shlipak, Michael G., de Jong, Paul E., Ix, Joachim H.
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: American Society of Nephrology 2012
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Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3315344/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22383750
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.09300911
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