The relationship between low levels of albuminuria and mortality among adults without major cardiovascular risk factors
Sophie E Claudel,
Sushrut S Waikar,
Insa M Schmidt
et al.
Abstract:Aims
The determine if elevated levels of albuminuria within the low range (urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio, UACR <30 mg/g) are linked to cardiovascular death in adults lacking major cardiovascular risk factors.
Methods
The association between UACR and cardiovascular mortality was investigated among 12,835 participants in the 1999-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey using Cox proportional hazard mo… Show more
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