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SUBMITTER: Liu KD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4353671 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Kathleen D KD Yang Wei W Go Alan S AS Anderson Amanda H AH Feldman Harold I HI Fischer Michael J MJ He Jiang J Kallem Radhakrishna R RR Kusek John W JW Master Stephen R SR Miller Edgar R ER Rosas Sylvia E SE Steigerwalt Susan S Tao Kaixiang K Weir Matthew R MR Hsu Chi-Yuan CY
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 20141011 2
<h4>Background</h4>Chronic kidney disease is common and is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. Currently, markers of renal tubular injury are not used routinely to describe kidney health and little is known about the risk of cardiovascular events and death associated with these biomarkers independent of glomerular filtration-based markers (such as serum creatinine or albuminuria).<h4>Study design</h4>Cohort study, CRIC (Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort) Study.<h4>Setting & p ...[more]