The relationship between urinary albumin to creatinine ratio and all-cause mortality in the elderly population in the Chinese community: a 10-year follow-up study

Abstract Background In patients with diabetes and hypertension, proteinuria is independently associated with all-cause death. However, in the general population, urinary albumin to creatinine ratio (UACR) is less used to predict all-cause mortality. When the urinary albumin to creatinine ratio is wi...

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Main Authors: Anhang Zhang, Man Li, Jiaojiao Qiu, Jin Sun, Yongkang Su, Shuang Cai, Qiligeer Bao, Bokai Cheng, Shouyuan Ma, Yan Zhang, Shuxia Wang, Ping Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02644-z