Open AccessChronic Kidney Disease in Octogenarians
Author(s) -
Shani Shastri,
Hocine Tighiouart,
Ronit Katz,
Dena E. Rifkin,
Linda F. Fried,
Michael G. Shlipak,
Anne B. Newman,
Mark J. Sarnak
Publication year - 2011
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.08801010
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , renal function , diabetes mellitus , cystatin c , creatinine , logistic regression , cardiology , endocrinology
There are limited data on the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its clinical importance in the very old. We examined the prevalence of CKD in octogenarians and its association with cardiovascular disease (CVD).
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