Albuminuria linked with interstitial myocardial fibrosis at the population level: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Elevated albuminuria levels are related to subclinical fibrosis in a community-based setting, independent of traditional CV risk factors. This association was more prominent among prediabetics, diabetics and among males.
Authors
- Vinithra Varadarajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0146-1100)
- Ashkan Abdollahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3009-9307)
- Colin O. Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4514-0926)
- Kamal F. Badr
- João A. C. Lima
- David A Bluemke
- Bharath Ambale-Venkatesh
- Ralph Zeitoun
- Omar Chehab
- Norrina Allen
- Wendy S Post
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- American University of Beirut Medical Center (LB)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwag137
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00