To live with normal GFR: when higher is not better

• Published in: Kidney International
• Main Authors: Rognant, Nicolas, Laville, Maurice
• Other Authors: Cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition (CarMeN), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Norway; Tromso
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01859542; https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.2013.545

International audience Eriksen et al. unmask an independent link between a high glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and subclinical cardiovascular damage in a large cohort of nondiabetic middle-aged people in Tromso, Norway. Although others have previously reported an association between estimated GFR...