Hypertension: Hypertension not associated with GFR decline

Nature Reviews Nephrology 12, 378 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2016.79 Author: Ellen Carney Researchers report that non-malignant hypertension is not associated with accelerated decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in the general middle-aged population. Eriksen et al. identified a mean decline in measured GFR of 0.95 ml/min per year in 1,595 individuals aged 50–62 years who
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