Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Overall, 9,654 patients died of cardiovascular events and 841 died due to kidney failure in the study. Counting ...

Lower serum creatinine is a newly identified risk factor for type 2 diabetes, Japanese researchers concluded. They studied 8,570 nondiabetic Japanese men aged 40-55 years at study entry. During a four ...

Understanding your creatinine levels is important for monitoring kidney function. When you go for your yearly check-up, you’ll likely have a routine blood test for creatinine. In some cases, your ...

The prevalence of established cardiovascular disease was 36% in those with CRI compared with 20% in those with normal renal function (odds ratio [OR], 2.25; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.87-2.70), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Measuring cystatin C-based eGFR strongly correlates with creatinine eGFR, but it can also have a significant ...

A large prospective study suggests that a routine creatinine blood test may help flag people at higher risk of osteoporosis and fractures, revealing a narrow “sweet spot” where muscle and kidney ...

A commonly used blood test to measure kidney function may not be effective for many people in Africa. A study, published in The Lancet Global Health, researchers found methods developed in wealthier ...

Creatinine, a metabolic by-product of muscle metabolism, serves as a critical biomarker for assessing renal, muscular and thyroid functions. The development of biosensing technologies for the rapid ...