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SUBMITTER: Menzaghi C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3373540 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Menzaghi Claudia C Salvemini Lucia L Fini Grazia G Thompson Ryan R Mangiacotti Davide D Di Paola Rosa R Morini Eleonora E Giorelli Maddalena M De Bonis Concetta C De Cosmo Salvatore S Doria Alessandro A Trischitta Vincenzo V
PloS one 20120612 6
<h4>Background</h4>High serum resistin levels have been associated with kidney dysfunction. Most of these studies have been carried out in individuals with severe kidney impairment, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and related treatments. Thus, the observed association might have been influenced by these confounders. Our aim was to study the relationship between serum resistin, urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in a family-based sample, the Gargano Famil ...[more]