Screening for albuminuria with subsequent screening for hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia identifies subjects in whom treatment is warranted to prevent cardiovascular events | Zendy

Akin Özyilmaz | Zendy; Stephan J. L. Bakker | Zendy; Dick de Zeeuw | Zendy; P. E. de Jong | Zendy; R. T. Gansevoort | Zendy

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Screening for albuminuria with subsequent screening for hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia identifies subjects in whom treatment is warranted to prevent cardiovascular events

Author(s) -

Akin Özyilmaz,

Stephan J. L. Bakker,

Dick de Zeeuw,

P. E. de Jong,

R. T. Gansevoort

Publication year - 2013

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/gft254

Subject(s) - albuminuria , medicine , hazard ratio , microalbuminuria , population , risk factor , endocrinology , urine , morning , cohort , blood pressure , confidence interval , environmental health

In the general population, many subjects have yet unrecognized hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia, and are thus not treated. We investigated whether population screening for elevated albuminuria can identify subjects with previously unrecognized hypertension and/or hypercholesterolaemia at high risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease.

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