Determinants of arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease stage 3.

Early chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) risk but underlying mechanisms remain uncertain. Arterial stiffness (AS) is associated with increased CV risk in advanced CKD, but it is unclear whether AS is relevant to CV disease (CVD) in early CKD.Cross-sectional...

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Main Authors: Natasha J McIntyre, Richard J Fluck, Christopher W McIntyre, Apostolos Fakis, Maarten W Taal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3559556?pdf=render