Propensity score overlap weighting was used to compare outcomes. A composite of incident end-stage kidney disease, sustained 40% estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline, or all-cause ...
Therefore, clinicians typically use a formula to check your GFR, which estimates how much blood passes through the glomeruli, tiny units found at the end of the kidneys that filter the blood, each ...
The kidneys have a few important jobs, but primarily they’re waste-removal experts. Inside your kidneys, blood passes through filtering units called nephrons. The nephrons remove excess nutrients like ...