PubMed ID:
26651991
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2015
Affiliation: Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA. Chi-yuan.Hsu@ucsf.edu.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-015-0209-z
Authors:
Bansal N,
Go AS,
Hsu CY,
Zhang X
Studies:
Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study
Few studies have focused on investigating hypoalbuminemia in patients during earlier stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In particular, little is known about the role of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. Our goal in this paper is to study how GI symptoms relate to serum albumin levels in CKD, especially in the context of and compared with inflammation.