Age-Based versus Young-Adult Thresholds for Nephrosclerosis on Kidney Biopsy and Prognostic Implications for Chronic Kidney Disease.
Muhammad Sohaib AsgharAleksandar DenicAidan F MullanAmr MoustafaLaura BarisoniMariam P AlexanderMark D StegallJoshua AugustineBradley C LeibovichR Houston ThompsonAndrew D RulePublished in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN (2023)
Given that increased risk of progressive CKD occurs only when nephrosclerosis is abnormal for age, age-based thresholds for nephrosclerosis appear to be better than a single young-age threshold for identifying clinically relevant CKD.