Albuminuria Within the "Normal" Range and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Death in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-216

  Xu, Jiaqiong ^a   Knowler, William C ^a   Devereux, Richard B ^a   Yeh, Jeunliang ^a   Umans, Jason G ^a   Begum, Momotaz ^a   Fabsitz, Richard R ^a   Lee, Elisa T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; cardiovascular disease; death; urinary albumin creatinine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; ALBUMINURIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33846647004     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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