Kidney Function and Prevalent and Incident Frailty
Author(s) -
Lorien S. Dalrymple,
Ronit Katz,
Dena E. Rifkin,
David S. Siscovick,
Anne B. Newman,
Linda F. Fried,
Mark J. Sarnak,
Michelle C. Odden,
Michael G. Shlipak
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.02870313
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , odds ratio , kidney disease , confidence interval , cystatin c , creatinine , depression (economics) , gerontology , economics , macroeconomics
Kidney disease is associated with physiologic changes that may predispose to frailty. This study sought to investigate whether lower levels of kidney function were associated with prevalent or incident frailty in Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) participants.
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