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APOL1 Risk Variants and Acute Kidney Injury in Black Americans with COVID-19.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - 1 Dec 2021
Larsen Christopher P, Wickman Terrance J, Braga Juarez R, Matute-Trochez Luis A, Hasty Anna E, Buckner Lyndsey R, Arthur John M, Haun Randy S, Velez Juan Carlos Q
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Black Americans have a higher incidence of kidney disease compared with populations that do not have recent African ancestry. Two risk variants in the APOL1 are responsible for a portion of this higher risk. We sought to assess the odds of AKI conferred by APOL1 risk alleles in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. DESIGN, SETTING,...
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