Relationship of cardiorenal risk factors with albuminuria based on age, smoking, glycaemic status and BMI: a retrospective cohort study of the UK Biobank data

• Main Authors: Simon de Lusignan (Author), Amanda Adler (Author), Mark Strong (Author), Mintu Nath (Author), Debasish Kar (Author), Jim Chilcott (Author), Aya El-Wazir (Author), Karim Jetha (Author), Melanie Jane Davies (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction Smoking is harmful, and its cessation is recommended to prevent chronic kidney disease, which often begins with abnormal leakage of albumin in the urine, called albuminuria. Smoking cessation's effect on albuminuria depends on the pack-years smoked, length of abstinence, body mass...