The role of testosterone in chronic kidney disease and kidney function in men and women: a bi-directional Mendelian randomization study in the UK Biobank

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has an apparent sex disparity, with a more rapid progress in men than in women. Whether the well-established sex-specific evolutionary biology trade-off between reproduction and longevity might inform CKD has not previously been considered. Relevant evidence...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Jie V., Schooling, C. Mary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7271464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32493397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01594-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7271464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32493397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01594-x

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