Urinary Biomarkers of Tubular Damage Are Associated with Mortality but Not Cardiovascular Risk among Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial Participants with Chronic Kidney Disease.

CONCLUSIONS: Among hypertensive trial participants with CKD, higher urinary IL-18 and YKL-40 were associated with higher risk of mortality, but not CVD. PMID: 30939472 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - April 1, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Jotwani VK, Lee AK, Estrella MM, Katz R, Garimella PS, Malhotra R, Rifkin DE, Ambrosius W, Freedman BI, Cheung AK, Raphael KL, Drawz P, Neyra JA, Oparil S, Punzi H, Shlipak MG, Ix JH, for the SPRINT Research Group Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research