Why the study?
Are higher indices of arterial stiffness associated with a steeper decline in kidney function?
Are higher indices of arterial stiffness associated with a steeper decline in kidney function?
Arterial stiffness is associated with kidney function decline, suggesting it as a potential therapeutic target.
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May aid kidney risk stratification in CKD; hypothesis-generating for stiffness-targeted interventions.
Higher indices of arterial stiffness are associated with steeper decline in kidney function. This suggests that vascular stiffness could be considered as a target for delaying decline in kidney function.
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Sedaghat et al. (2015) studied this question.
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