Ratio of serum creatinine to cystatin C is related to leg strength in predialysis CKD patients.

Kohei ShiomiChie SaitoKei NagaiKeisei KosakiTetsuya KawamuraShuzo KanekoHirayasu KaiNaoki MoritoJoichi UsuiHisako YanagiKunihiro Yamagata

Published in: Clinical and experimental nephrology (2021)

In predialysis CKD patients, KEMS showed lower as CKD stage advanced. Cre/CysC is significantly related to KEMS independently. Cre/CysC may be an alternative marker for leg strength in CKD patients and even more valuable to utilize in cases with high Cre/CysC.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed