Association of Albuminuria With White Matter Hyperintensities Volume on Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Elderly Japanese - The Hisayama Study.
CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that subjects with albuminuria have a greater risk of WMH enlargement and that the combination of albuminuria and WMH enlargement increases the risk of cognitive decline and all-cause mortality in an elderly Japanese population.
PMID: 32269184 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Circulation Journal - Category: Cardiology Authors: Yamasaki K, Hata J, Furuta Y, Hirabayashi N, Ohara T, Yoshida D, Hirakawa Y, Nakano T, Kitazono T, Ninomiya T Tags: Circ J Source Type: research
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