Kidney disease risk factors associate with urine biomarkers concentrations in HIV-positive persons; a cross-sectional study

Kidney disease risk factors associate with urine biomarkers concentrations in HIV-positive persons; a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background HIV-positive persons bear an excess burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, conventional methods to assess kidney health are insensitive and non-specific for detecting early kidney injury. Urinary biomarkers can detect early kidney injury, and may help mitigate the risk...

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Main Authors: Anthony N. Muiru, Michael G. Shlipak, Rebecca Scherzer, William R. Zhang, Simon B. Ascher, Vasantha Jotwani, Carl Grunfeld, Chirag R. Parikh, Derek Ng, Frank J. Palella, Ken Ho, Seble Kassaye, Anjali Sharma, Mardge Cohen, Ruibin Wang, Qibin Qi, Michelle M. Estrella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Urine biomarkers
Kidney injury
HIV infection
Multicenter AIDS cohort study (MACS)
Women’s interagency HIV study (WIHS)
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-1192-y

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