Lower levels of proteinuria are associated with elevated mortality in incident dialysis patients.
Manabu HishidaTariq ShafiLawrence J AppelShoichi MaruyamaDaijo InagumaKunihiro MatsushitaPublished in: PloS one (2019)
In incident dialysis patients, pre-dialysis proteinuria was inversely associated with mortality risk. Although future studies are needed to identify mechanisms, our findings suggest the need to carefully interpret proteinuria in patients with incident dialysis.