Cystatin C and risk of vascular and nonvascular mortality: a prospective cohort study of older men.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the relevance of cystatin C, as a marker of mild-to-moderate renal impairment, for vascular and nonvascular mortality in older people. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Re-survey in 1997 to 1998 of survivors in the 1970 Whitehall study of London civil servants. SUBJECTS...

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Main Authors: Emberson, JR, Haynes, R, Dasgupta, T, Mafham, M, Landray, M, Baigent, C, Clarke, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010