Association between kidney function and genetic polymorphisms in atherosclerotic and chronic kidney diseases: A cross-sectional study in Japanese male workers.

Several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been implicated in the predisposition to chronic kidney disease (CKD). Atherosclerotic disease is deeply involved in the incidence of CKD; however, whether SNPs related to arteriosclerosis are involved in CKD remains unclear. This study aimed to id...

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Main Authors: Yoko Kubo, Takahiro Imaizumi, Masahiko Ando, Masahiro Nakatochi, Yoshinari Yasuda, Hiroyuki Honda, Yachiyo Kuwatsuka, Sawako Kato, Kyoko Kikuchi, Takaaki Kondo, Masamitsu Iwata, Toru Nakashima, Hiroshi Yasui, Hideki Takamatsu, Hiroshi Okajima, Yasuko Yoshida, Shoichi Maruyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5634546?pdf=render