Hypertension, cardiovascular disease and cause of death in Danish living kidney donors: matched cohort study

Objectives We aimed to investigate the long-term absolute risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease after kidney donation in living kidney donors.Design Living kidney donors were matched to 10 controls from the general population.Setting Multiple Danish national registries were used to identif...

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Main Authors: Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lars Køber, Gunnar Hilmar Gislason, Emil Loldrup Fosbøl, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Mavish Chaudry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/11/e041122.full