Does chronic kidney disease predict stroke risk independent of blood pressure?: A systematic review and meta-regression

Background and Purpose— Chronic kidney disease is strongly associated with stroke with various purported mechanisms proposed. Low glomerular filtration rate appears to be a risk factor for stroke independent of cardiovascular risk factors in epidemiological studies, but there has been no systematic...

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Main Authors: Kelly, DM, Rothwell, PM
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Heart Association 2019