Loss of renal function in the elderly italians: a physiologic or pathologic process?
- ESPOSITO, CIRO
- TORREGGIANI, MASSIMO
- SERPIERI, NICOLETTA
- GROSJEAN, FABRIZIO
- ESPOSITO, VITTORIA
- DAL CANTON, ANTONIO
- Arazzi M.
- Scaramuzzi M.L.
- Manini A.
- Catucci D.
- La Porta E.
Publication date
January 2012
DOI Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP) Language
EnglishAbstract
Abstract BACKGROUND: Nowadays it seems that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is outbreaking, mostly in the elderly participants. The aim of this study was to assess the progression of CKD in different ages. METHODS: We conducted a monocentric, retrospective, observational study enrolling 116 patients afferent to our outpatient clinic. INCLUSION CRITERIA: age >18 years, follow-up ≥5 years, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60mL/min/1.73 m(2), and/or diagnosed renal disease and/or presence of renal damage. Patients were divided into four groups according to their age: 25-55 years (n = 27), 56-65 (25), 66-75 (42), and 76-87 (22). eGFR was calculated using the modification of diet in renal disease and the CKD-epidemiology collabora...
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