Association of urinary uromodulin with kidney function decline and mortality: the health ABC study .
CONCLUSION: Higher levels of uUMOD are associated with lower risk of incident CKD and rapid kidney function decline. Additional studies are needed in the general population and in persons with advanced CKD to confirm these findings.
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Source: Clinical Nephrology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Garimella PS, Katz R, Ix JH, Fried LF, Kritchevsky SB, Devarajan P, Bennett MR, Parikh CR, Shlipak MG, Harris TB, Gutiérrez OM, Sarnak MJ Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research