Association of Chronic Kidney Disease Detected by Creatinine and Cystatin C with Death and Cardiovascular Events among Elderly Mexican-Americans: The Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA)

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is diagnosed by serum creatinine, which is biased by muscle mass, age and race. We evaluated whether cystatin C, an alternative measure of kidney function, can detect high risk CKD among elderly Mexican-Americans. DESIGN: Longitudinal SETTING: Sacr...

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Auteurs principaux: Peralta, Carmen A., Lee, Anne, Odden, Michelle, Lopez, Lenny, Hazzouri, Adina Zeki Al, Neuhaus, John, Haan, Mary N.
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Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2012
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545054/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23252993
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12040
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