Associations of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with mortality and renal failure by sex: a meta-analysis

Dorothea Nitsch; Morgan E. Grams; Yingying Sang; C Black; Massimo Círillo; Ognjenka Djurdjev; Kunitoshi Iseki; Simerjot K Jassal; Heejin Kimm; Florian Kronenberg; Cecilia Montgomery Øien; Andrew S. Levey; Anna S. Levin; Mark Woodward; Brenda R. Hemmelgarn

doi:10.1136/bmj.f324

Abstract

Both sexes face increased risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and end stage renal disease with lower estimated glomerular filtration rates and higher albuminuria. These findings were robust across a large global consortium.

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BiologyPhylogenetic treeTrypsinGene duplicationEvolutionary biologyGenePhylogeneticsGeneticsComputational biologyEnzyme

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Year: 2013
Type: review
Volume: 346
Issue: jan29 1
Pages: f324-f324
Citations: 445
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                                    Dorothea Nitsch, 
                                
                                    Morgan E. Grams, 
                                
                                    Yingying Sang
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            Associations of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with mortality and renal failure by sex: a meta-analysis. 
                            BMJ
                            , 346
                            (jan29 1)
                            , f324-f324.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f324
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f324