Chronic Hepatitis B Infection Is Significantly Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease: a Population-based, Matched Case-control Study.
Myoung-Kuk JangEun Sun JangMoran KiGeum-Youn GwakKyung-Ah KimGi Ae KimDo Young KimDong Joon KimMan Woo KimYun Soo KimYoung Seok KimIn Hee KimChang Wook KimHo Dong KimHyung Joon KimNeung-Hwa ParkSoon Koo BaikJeong Ill SuhByung-Cheol SongIl Han SongJong Eun YeonByung Seok LeeYoun Jae LeeYoung Kul JungWoo Jin ChungSung Bum ChoEun-Young ChoHyun Chin ChoGab Jin CheonHee Bok ChaeDae Hee ChoiSung-Kyu ChoiHwa Young ChoiWon Young TakJeong HeoSook-Hyang JeongPublished in: Journal of Korean medical science (2018)
Chronic HBV infection was significantly associated with a GFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and proteinuria (≥ 2+). Therefore, clinical concern about CKD in chronic HBV infected patients, especially in male, is warranted.