NIDDK Central Repository - Association of proteinuria with race, cause of chronic kidney disease, and glomerular filtration rate in the chronic kidney disease in children study.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.2215/CJN.01780408

PubMed ID

19297612

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2009

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, USA. cwong@salud.unm.edu

Authors

Benador NM, CKiD Investigators, Cole SR, Furth SL, Kaskel F, Mak RH, Pierce CB, Schwartz GJ, Warady BA, Wong CS

Studies

CKiD

Citation

Wong CS, Pierce CB, Cole SR, Warady BA, Mak RH, Benador NM, Kaskel F, Furth SL, Schwartz GJ, CKiD Investigators. Association of proteinuria with race, cause of chronic kidney disease, and glomerular filtration rate in the chronic kidney disease in children study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 Apr;4(4):812-9. Epub 2009 Mar 18.

Abstract

Proteinuria is associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and heavy proteinuria predicts a rapid decline in kidney function. However, the epidemiologic distribution of this important biomarker study is not well described in the pediatric CKD population.