Predicting the risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Men and Women in England and Wales: prospective derivation and external validation of the QKidney<sup>® </sup>Scores

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chronic Kidney Disease is a major cause of morbidity and interventions now exist which can reduce risk. We sought to develop and validate two new risk algorithms (the QKidney<sup>® </sup>Scores) for estimating (a) the ind...

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Main Authors: Coupland Carol, Hippisley-Cox Julia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Family Practice
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/11/49