Serum Calcification Propensity and Clinical Events in CKD.
CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with CKD stages 2-4, higher serum calcification propensity is associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events, ESKD, and all-cause mortality, but this association was not independent of kidney function.
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PMID: 31658949 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Bundy JD, Cai X, Mehta RC, Scialla JJ, de Boer IH, Hsu CY, Go AS, Dobre MA, Chen J, Rao PS, Leonard MB, Lash JP, Block GA, Townsend RR, Feldman HI, Smith ER, Pasch A, Isakova T, CRIC Study Investigators Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research
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