Smoking Cessation and Coronary Artery Calcification in CKD.
Mi Jung LeeJung Tak ParkTae Ik ChangYoung Su JooTae-Hyun YooSue Kyung ParkWookyung ChungYong-Soo KimYong-Soo KimKook-Hwan OhShin-Wook KangKyu Hun ChoiCurie AhnSeung-Hyeok HanPublished in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2021)
In CKD, former smoking with a lower smoking load and long-term cessation were associated with a lower risk of prevalent CAC than current smoking. CAC progression was more pronounced in current smokers.