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Association of Frailty based on self-reported physical function with directly measured kidney function and mortality

BACKGROUND: Use of serum creatinine to estimate GFR may lead to underestimation of the association between self-reported frailty and kidney function. Our objectives were to evaluate the association of measured GFR (mGFR) with self-reported frailty among patients with CKD and to determine whether sel...

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Autores principales: Delgado, Cynthia, Grimes, Barbara A., Glidden, David V., Shlipak, Michael, Sarnak, Mark J., Johansen, Kirsten L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4673778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26645070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-015-0202-6