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SUBMITTER: Feng YM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8290004 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Feng Ying-Mei YM Thijs Lutgarde L Zhang Zhen-Yu ZY Bijnens Esmée M EM Yang Wen-Yi WY Wei Fang-Fei FF Janssen Bram G BG Nawrot Tim S TS Staessen Jan A JA
Scientific reports 20210719 1
From 1990 until 2017, global air-pollution related mortality increased by 40%. Few studies addressed the renal responses to ultrafine particulate [≤ 2.5 µm (PM2.5)], including black carbon (BC), which penetrate into the blood stream. In a Flemish population study, glomerular filtration estimated from serum creatinine (eGFR) and the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio were measured in 2005-2009 in 820 participants (women, 50.7%; age, 51.1 years) with follow-up of 523 after 4.7 years (median). Ser ...[more]