Plasma Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Background. Our aim was to assess plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a predictor of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and no history of CV events. Methods. This was a prospective observational cohort study of 252 patients with predialys...

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Main Authors: Midori Hasegawa, Junichi Ishii, Fumihiko Kitagawa, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kazuhiro Sugiyama, Masashi Tada, Kyoko Kanayama, Kazuo Takahashi, Hiroki Hayashi, Shigehisa Koide, Shigeru Nakai, Yukio Ozaki, Yukio Yuzawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8761475