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SUBMITTER: Ricardo AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6317604 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ricardo Ana C AC Yang Wei W Sha Daohang D Appel Lawrence J LJ Chen Jing J Krousel-Wood Marie M Manoharan Anjella A Steigerwalt Susan S Wright Jackson J Rahman Mahboob M Rosas Sylvia E SE Saunders Milda M Sharma Kumar K Daviglus Martha L ML Lash James P JP
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20181203 1
<h4>Background</h4>In the United States, incidence of ESRD is 1.5 times higher in men than in women, despite men's lower prevalence of CKD. Prior studies, limited by inclusion of small percentages of minorities and other factors, suggested that men have more rapid CKD progression, but this finding has been inconsistent.<h4>Methods</h4>In our prospective investigation of sex differences in CKD progression, we used data from 3939 adults (1778 women and 2161 men) enrolled in the Chronic Renal Insuf ...[more]