Association between serum total cholesterol and chronic kidney disease progression in children: results from the KNOW-PedCKD.

Hee Sun BaekMin Ji ParkJi Yeon SongSeong Heon KimHee Gyung KangYo Han AhnKyoung Hee HanHeeyeon ChoKeum Hwa LeeJae Il ShinYoung Seo ParkJoo Hoon LeeEujin ParkEun Mi YangMin Hyun Cho

Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2023)

Very high serum total cholesterol is a significant risk factor for CKD progression in children. Lowering total cholesterol levels below the very high category in children with CKD may delay the progression of CKD. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
young adults
low density lipoprotein
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