NIDDK Central Repository - Baseline characteristics of participants in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Clinical Trial and Cohort Study.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.03.004

PubMed ID

17591527

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2007

Affiliation

Medicine, Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA. mohammed.sika@vanderbilt.edu

Authors

AASK group, Appel L, Cornish-Zirker D, Douglas J, Dowie D, Erlinger T, Gassman J, Kendrick C, Kusek J, Lash J, Lewis J, Lipkowitz M, Peterson G, Sika M, Toto R

Studies

CRIC

Citation

Sika M, Lewis J, Douglas J, Erlinger T, Dowie D, Lipkowitz M, Lash J, Cornish-Zirker D, Peterson G, Toto R, Kusek J, Appel L, Kendrick C, Gassman J, AASK group. Baseline characteristics of participants in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Clinical Trial and Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis 2007 Jul;50(1):78-89, 89.e1.

Abstract

African Americans are at increased risk of kidney failure caused by hypertension. The primary objective of the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Cohort Study is to identify risk factors for progressive kidney disease in African Americans with hypertensive chronic kidney disease in the setting of recommended antihypertensive therapy.