Prevalence of renal impairment and its association with cardiovascular risk factors in a general population: results of the Swiss SAPALDIA study
Author(s) -
Dorothea Nitsch,
Denise Felber Dietrich,
Arnold von Eckardstein,
JeanMichel Gaspoz,
Sara H. Downs,
Philippe Leuenberger,
Jean-Marie Tschopp,
O Brändli,
Roland Keller,
Margaret W. Gerbase,
Nicole ProbstHensch,
Elisabeth Zemp Stutz,
Ursula AckermannLiebrich
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfk021
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , creatinine , confidence interval , population , blood pressure , endocrinology , cardiology , environmental health
Impaired renal function is evolving as an independent marker of the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Little is known about the prevalence of impaired renal function and its relationship to cardiovascular risk factors in the Swiss general population.
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