Lower levels of proteinuria are associated with elevated mortality in incident dialysis patients.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Proteinuria is a potent predictor of adverse events in general, although a few large studies have reported a J-shaped association between proteinuria and mortality in individuals with glomerular filtration rate <30 ml/min/1.73m2. However, this association has not...

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Main Authors: Manabu Hishida, Tariq Shafi, Lawrence J Appel, Shoichi Maruyama, Daijo Inaguma, Kunihiro Matsushita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226866