Blood urea nitrogen, blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio and incident stroke: The Dongfeng-Tongji cohort

It remains unclear whether extreme levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and BUN to creatinine ratio (BUN/Cr) can increase future risk of stroke. We conducted this study to investigate the associations of BUN and BUN/Cr with incident stroke and its subtypes.

Source: Atherosclerosis - August 5, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Rong Peng, Kang Liu, Wending Li, Yu Yuan, Rundong Niu, Lue Zhou, Yang Xiao, Hui Gao, Handong Yang, Chun Zhang, Xiaomin Zhang, Meian He, Tangchun Wu Source Type: research