Greater variability in kidney function is associated with an increased risk of death

Intra-individual variability in kidney function is a common phenomenon; however, predictors of kidney function variability and its prognostic significance are not known. To examine this question, we assembled a cohort of 51,304 US veterans with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)

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Veröffentlicht in:	Kidney international 2012-12, Vol.82 (11), p.1208-1214
Hauptverfasser:	Al-Aly, Ziyad, Balasubramanian, Sumitra, McDonald, Jay R., Scherrer, Jeffrey F., O'Hare, Ann M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	acute kidney injury Aged Biological and medical sciences chronic kidney disease eGFR slope Female Glomerular Filtration Rate Humans Kidney Diseases - mortality Kidney Diseases - physiopathology Kidneys longitudinal data Male Medical sciences Middle Aged mortality risk Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure Predictive Value of Tests Renal failure United States - epidemiology Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous variability
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Zusammenfassung:	Intra-individual variability in kidney function is a common phenomenon; however, predictors of kidney function variability and its prognostic significance are not known. To examine this question, we assembled a cohort of 51,304 US veterans with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)
ISSN:	0085-2538 1523-1755
DOI:	10.1038/ki.2012.276