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Urinary Kidney Injury Molecule-1 and the Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality in Elderly Men
Author(s) -
Axel C. Carlsson,
Anders Larsson,
Johanna HelmerssonKarlqvist,
Lars Lind,
Erik Ingelsson,
Tobias E. Larsson,
Matteo Bottai,
Johan Sundström,
Johan Ärnlöv
Publication year - 2014
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.11901113
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , creatinine , microalbuminuria , albuminuria , kidney disease , renal function , cystatin c , urinary system , prospective cohort study , confidence interval , body mass index , proportional hazards model , urology
Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) has been suggested as a clinically relevant highly specific biomarker of acute kidney tubular damage. However, community-based data on the association between urinary levels of KIM-1 and the risk for cardiovascular mortality are lacking. This study aimed to investigate the association between urinary KIM-1 and cardiovascular mortality.

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