By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD 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 ...

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 ...

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), ...

Major differences between eGFR based on cystatin C compared with creatinine were associated with higher rates for all-cause mortality, CV events and kidney failure for outpatients, according to data ...

Recently, my primary care physician spotted some abnormal numbers related to my kidney function. He suspects that this is ...