Proteinuria as an independent predictor of stroke: Systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: International Journal of Stroke Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 29 - 38
• Main Authors: Kelly, Dearbhla M, Rothwell, Peter M
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Comorbidity; Humans; Predictive Value of Tests; Proteinuria - epidemiology; Stroke - epidemiology; albuminuria; Chronic kidney disease; glomerular filtration rate; stroke; hypertension; proteinuria

Background Proteinuria has emerged as an important vascular risk factor for adverse cardiovascular events including stroke. Hypertension has been proposed as the principal confounder of this relationship but its role has not been systematically examined. Aim We aimed to determine if proteinuria rema...