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Apolipoprotein L1, income and early kidney damage.
BMC nephrology - 10 Feb 2015
Tamrat Ruth, Peralta Carmen A, Tajuddin Salman M, Evans Michele K, Zonderman Alan B, Crews Deidra C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The degree to which genetic or environmental factors are associated with early kidney damage among African Americans (AAs) is unknown. METHODS: Among 462 AAs in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) study, we examined the cross-sectional association between apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk variants and income with: 1) mildly reduced eGFR (<75 mL/min/1.73 m(2),...
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