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Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Incident ESRD: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
Author(s) -
Yuanjie Pang,
Yingying Sang,
Shoshana H. Ballew,
Morgan E. Grams,
Gerardo Heiss,
Josef Coresh,
Kunihiro Matsushita
Publication year - 2016
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.11951115
Subject(s) - intima media thickness , medicine , quartile , hazard ratio , cardiology , proportional hazards model , stroke (engine) , confidence interval , common carotid artery , kidney disease , renal function , carotid arteries , mechanical engineering , engineering
Carotid intima-media thickness has been reported to predict kidney function decline. However, whether carotid intima-media thickness is associated with a hard kidney end point, ESRD, has not been investigated.

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