Open AccessUrinary Markers of Kidney Injury and Kidney Function Decline in HIV-Infected Women
Author(s) -
Michael G. Shlipak,
Rebecca Scherzer,
Alison G. Abraham,
Phyllis C. Tien,
Carl Grünfeld,
Carmen A. Peralta,
Prasad Devarajan,
Michael T. Bennett,
Anthony W. Butch,
Kathryn Anastos,
Mardge H. Cohen,
Marek Nowicki,
Anjali Sharma,
Mary Young,
Mark J. Sarnak,
Chirag R. Parikh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e3182737706
Subject(s) - renal function , creatinine , medicine , cystatin c , urine , acute kidney injury , confidence interval , kidney disease , urinary system , urology , kidney , biomarker , gastroenterology , biology , biochemistry
HIV-infected persons have substantially higher risk of kidney failure than persons without HIV, but serum creatinine levels are insensitive for detecting declining kidney function. We hypothesized that urine markers of kidney injury would be associated with declining kidney function among HIV-infected women.