Association of serum total bilirubin levels with progressive renal decline and end-stage kidney disease: 10-year observational cohort study in Japanese patients with diabetes.
Erina EtoYasutaka MaedaNoriyuki SonodaNaoki NakashimaKunihisa KobayashiRyoichi TakayanagiYoshihiro OgawaToyoshi InoguchiPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Serum total bilirubin levels were negatively associated with PRD in diabetic nephropathy and its cut-off point was 0.5 mg/dL. It may be clinically useful for identifying patients at high risk of ESKD.
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