Open AccessPrognostic utility of estimated albumin excretion rate in chronic kidney disease: results from the Study of Heart and Renal Protection
Author(s) -
Marion Mafham,
Natalie Staplin,
Jonathan Emberson,
Richard Haynes,
William G. Herrington,
Christina Reith,
Christoph Wanner,
Robert Walker,
Alan Cass,
Adeera Levin,
Bengt Fellström,
Lixin Jiang,
Hallvard Holdaas,
Bertram L. Kasiske,
David C. Wheeler,
Martin Landray,
Colin Baigent,
the SHARP Collaborative Group
Publication year - 2016
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/gfw396
Subject(s) - medicine , albuminuria , dialysis , kidney disease , confidence interval , creatinine , proportional hazards model , end stage renal disease , renal function , hazard ratio , relative risk , urology , cardiology , hemodialysis
Estimated albumin excretion rate (eAER) provides a better estimate of 24-h albuminuria than albumin:creatinine ratio (ACR). However, whether eAER is superior to ACR in predicting end-stage renal disease (ESRD), vascular events (VEs) or death is uncertain.
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