Urinary Biomarkers and Kidney Outcomes: Impact of Indexing Versus Adjusting for Urinary CreatininePlain-Language Summary

Rationale & Objective: Urinary biomarker concentrations are frequently indexed to urinary creatinine (Ucr) concentration in spot samples to account for urine dilution; however, this may introduce biases. We evaluated whether indexing versus adjusting urinary biomarker concentrations for Ucr...

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Main Authors: Nicholas Wettersten, Ronit Katz, Michael G. Shlipak, Rebecca Scherzer, Sushrut S. Waikar, Joachim H. Ix, Michelle M. Estrella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Kidney Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590059521000820