Association of blood pressure and renal outcome in patients with chronic kidney disease; a post hoc analysis of FROM-J study

Abstract It is well-known that hypertension exacerbates chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression, however, the optimal target blood pressure (BP) level in patients with CKD remains unclear. This study aimed to assess the optimal BP level for preventing CKD progression. The risk of renal outcome amon...

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Main Authors: Mariko Tsuchida-Nishiwaki, Haruhito A. Uchida, Hidemi Takeuchi, Noriyuki Nishiwaki, Yohei Maeshima, Chie Saito, Hitoshi Sugiyama, Jun Wada, Ichiei Narita, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Seiichi Matsuo, Hirofumi Makino, Akira Hishida, Kunihiro Yamagata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94467-z