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SUBMITTER: Foster MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5573607 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Foster M C MC Weiner D E DE Bostom A G AG Carpenter M A MA Inker L A LA Jarolim P P Joseph A A AA Kusek J W JW Pesavento T T Pfeffer M A MA Rao M M Solomon S D SD Levey A S AS
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20170330 9
Cystatin C and beta-2-microglobulin (B2M) are filtration markers associated with adverse outcomes in nontransplant populations, sometimes with stronger associations than for creatinine. We evaluated associations of estimated glomerular filtration rate from cystatin C (eGFR<sub>cys</sub> ), B2M (eGFR<sub>B</sub><sub>2M</sub> ), and creatinine (eGFR<sub>cr</sub> ) with cardiovascular outcomes, mortality, and kidney failure in stable kidney transplant recipients using a case-cohort study nested wit ...[more]