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The Association of African Ancestry and elevated creatinine in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.
American journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2010
Peralta Carmen A, Risch Neil, Lin Feng, Shlipak Michael G, Reiner Alex, Ziv Elad, Tang Hua, Siscovick David, Bibbins-Domingo Kirsten
Abstract excerpt
Whether genetic factors account for differences in early kidney disease among blacks in a young healthy population is not well known. We evaluated the association of self-reported race and genetic African ancestry with elevated creatinine (> or =1.3 mg/dl for men, > or =1.1 mg/dl for women) among 3,113 black and white participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, ages 38-50...
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