β2-microglobulin, cystatin C, and creatinine and risk of symptomatic peripheral artery disease.

ABSTRACT: β2-Microglobulin and cystatin C may have advantages over creatinine in assessing risk associated with kidney function. We therefore investigated whether emerging filtration markers, β2-microglobulin and cystatin C, are prospectively associated with risk of the development of peripheral artery disease (PAD). We conducted nested case-control studies among women within the Nurses' Health Study (1990-2010) and among men within the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1994-2008) with the use of archived blood samples collected before PAD diagnosis. During follow-up, symptomatic PAD was confirmed in 144 women and 143 men. Controls were matched 3:1 based on age, race, smoking status, fasting status, and date of blood sampling. Conditional logistic regression models were used to estimate relative

SUBMITTER: Joosten MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4310365 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature