Combined Association of Creatinine, Albuminuria, and Cystatin C with All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes
Author(s) -
Salman Waheed,
Kunihiro Matsushita,
Brad C. Astor,
Ron C. Hoogeveen,
Christie M. Ballantyne,
Josef Coresh
Publication year - 2012
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.04960512
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , renal function , albuminuria , cystatin c , creatinine , kidney disease , heart failure , proportional hazards model , cardiology , confidence interval
Estimated GFR by serum creatinine (eGFRcreatinine) is a pivotal measure of kidney function in clinical practice but can be affected by several non-GFR determinants, resulting in misclassification. Combining multiple kidney markers to predict risk is an area of substantial interest.
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