Is it time to tip your glass to prevent CKD?

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major global medical and public health challenge. Based primarily on a modest number of prospective epidemiological studies it appears that alcohol consumption reduces the risk of CKD in the general population. Our understanding of the potential benefits of alcohol...

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Autor principal: Kusek, John W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2015
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Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25951066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ki.2015.54
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Sumario:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major global medical and public health challenge. Based primarily on a modest number of prospective epidemiological studies it appears that alcohol consumption reduces the risk of CKD in the general population. Our understanding of the potential benefits of alcohol consumption on CKD is likely to evolve in the future and will be informed primarily from observational epidemiological studies.

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