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Affiliation
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Authors
Appel LJ, CRIC Study Investigators, Feldman HI, Go AS, Hamm LL, He J, Hsu CY, Johansen KL, Kopple JD, Ku E, Kusek JW, Lash JP, Lin F, McCulloch CE, Navaneethan SD, Ojo A, Rahman M, Ricardo AC, Rincon-Choles H, Smogorzewski M, Townsend RR, Xie D
Studies
Citation
Ku E, Kopple JD, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Go AS, Xie D, Lin F, Hamm LL, He J, Kusek JW, Navaneethan SD, Ricardo AC, Rincon-Choles H, Smogorzewski M, Hsu CY, CRIC Study Investigators. Longitudinal Weight Change During CKD Progression and Its Association With Subsequent Mortality. Am J Kidney Dis 2018 May;71(5):657-665. Epub 2017 Dec 6.Abstract
Few studies have investigated the changes in weight that may occur over time among adults with the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Whether such weight changes are independently associated with death after the onset of end-stage renal disease has also not been rigorously examined.