Creatinine versus cystatin C for renal function-based mortality prediction in an elderly cohort: The Northern Manhattan Study.

Joshua Zebadiah WilleyYeseon Park MoonS Ali HusainMitchell S V ElkindRalph L SaccoMyles WolfKen CheungClinton B WrightSumit Mohan

Published in: PloS one (2020)

In an elderly, race/ethnically diverse cohort low eGFR is associated with risk of all-cause mortality. Estimated GFR based on serum cystatin-C, in comparison to serum creatinine, was a better predictor of all-cause mortality.

Keyphrases

middle aged
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uric acid
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epidermal growth factor receptor
tyrosine kinase
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metabolic syndrome