Complement C3 and incident hospitalization due to chronic kidney disease: a population-based cohort study.

Xue BaoYan BornéIram Faqir MuhammadChristina-Alexandra SchulzMargaretha PerssonMarju Orho-MelanderKaijun NiuAnders ChristenssonGunnar Engström

Published in: BMC nephrology (2019)

These findings indicate that C3 is associated with incidence of first hospitalization due to CKD in the general population. The observed relationship cannot be entirely attributed to hyperglycemia and hypertension.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
blood pressure
cardiovascular disease
risk factors
type diabetes
diabetic rats
oxidative stress