Cystatin C identifies cardiovascular risk better than creatinine-based estimates of glomerular filtration in middle-aged individuals without a history of cardiovascular disease.

Summary, in English

Creatinine- and cystatin C-based estimates of renal function are considered to be cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, but the clinical utility in middle-aged subjects without a history of CVD is controversial.

• Författare: Patrik Svensson; Maria Ohlson Andersson; Peter Almgren; Bo Hedblad; Gunnar Engström; Margaretha Persson; Anders Christensson; Olle Melander
• Avdelning/ar: Kardiovaskulär forskning - hypertoni; Internmedicin - epidemiologi; Translationell Muskel Forskning; Kardiovaskulär forskning - epidemiologi; EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publiceringsår: 2014
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 506-521
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Journal of Internal Medicine
• Volym: 275
• Issue: 5
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24279862?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joim.12169
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Ämne: Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Cardiovascular Research - Hypertension; Internal Medicine - Epidemiology; Genomics, Diabetes and Endocrinology; Cardiovascular Research - Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1365-2796