Markers of kidney disease and risk of subclinical and clinical heart failure in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study

Conclusions Among a community-based cohort of African Americans, lower eGFR and higher ACR were associated with higher LVM. Furthermore, higher urine ACR was associated with incident HF, which was not entirely explained by the presence of left ventricular disease.

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Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - December 7, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Bansal, N., Katz, R., Himmelfarb, J., Afkarian, M., Kestenbaum, B., de Boer, I. H., Young, B. Tags: Chronic Kidney Disease Source Type: research