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SUBMITTER: Bae E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5428576 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bae Eunjin E Cha Ran-Hui RH Kim Yong C YC An Jung N JN Kim Dong K DK Yoo Kyung D KD Lee Su M SM Kim Myoung-Hee MH Park Jung T JT Kang Shin-Wook SW Park Jae Y JY Lim Chun S CS Kim Yon S YS Yang Seung H SH Lee Jung P JP
Medicine 20170501 19
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main public health problem in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, there is no established biomarker for predicting CVD morbidity and mortality in CKD. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of circulating tumor necrosis factor receptors (cTNFRs) in predicting CVD risk in CKD patients.We prospectively recruited 984 patients with CKD from 11 centers between 2006 and 2012. The levels of cTNFR1 and cTNFR2 were determined by performing an e ...[more]