Dipstick proteinuria predicts all-cause mortality in general population: A study of 17 million Korean adults.

OBJECTIVE:A quantitative basis for the use of dipstick urinalysis for risk assessment of all-cause mortality is scarce. Therefore, we investigated the association between dipstick proteinuria and all-cause mortality in a general population and evaluated the effect of confounders on this association....

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Main Authors: Yeongkeun Kwon, Kyungdo Han, Yang Hyun Kim, Sungsoo Park, Do Hoon Kim, Yong Kyun Roh, Yong-Gyu Park, Kyung-Hwan Cho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6023140?pdf=render