Neither vitamin E nor vitamin C supplements reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events in a large, long-term study of male physicians, according to a new study. Neither vitamin E nor vitamin C ...
According to the 2012 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines, 5, 6 calculating cystatin C-based eGFR may confirm the diagnosis of a decreased creatinine-based eGFR, and therefore ...
Cystatin C is a serum measure of renal function that appears to be independent of age, sex, and lean muscle mass. We compared creatinine and cystatin C levels as predictors of mortality from ...
There is debate about the value of assessing levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and other biomarkers of inflammation for the prediction of first cardiovascular events. We analyzed data from 52 ...