Article
Phenotypic and genotypic risk factors for cardiovascular events in an incident dialysis cohort.
Kidney international - 1 Apr 2006
Pernod G, Bosson J-L, Golshayan D, Barro C, Forneris G, Martina G, Bonfant G, Hurot J-M, Turc-Baron C, Jouet C, Theytaz J, Jeantet A, Wauters J-P, Cordonnier D
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the major cause of death in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Traditional risk factors do not explain the high prevalence of CVD in this population, and other non-traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk markers have now been described. Therefore, the potential relationship between CVD and phenotypic and genotypic risk markers was investigated prospectively in incident...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Biomarkers
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- France
- Genotype
- Humans