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ArticleBMC nephrology2021

Circulating endothelin-1 levels are positively associated with chronic kidney disease in women but not in men: a longitudinal study in the Vara-Skövde cohort.

Margareta I Hellgren, Per-Anders Jansson, Hormoz Alayar, Ulf Lindblad, Bledar Daka

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Article in BMC nephrology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Endothelial dysfunction in chronic kidney disease: a clinical perspective.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Margareta I HellgrenDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. margareta.leonardsson-hellgren@vgregion.se.
Per-Anders JanssonThe Wallenberg Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Hormoz AlayarDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Ulf LindbladDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Bledar DakaDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
University of Gothenburg · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe vasoconstricting peptide endothelin-1 (ET-1) is associated with endothelial dysfunction. The aim of this paper was to investigate whether circulating ET-1 levels predicts chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a prospective population study.

methodsIn 2002-2005, 2816 participants (30-74 years) were randomly selected from two municipalities in South-Western Sweden and followed up in a representative sample of 1327 individuals after 10 years. Endothelin-1 levels were assessed at baseline. Outcome was defined as CKD stage 3 or above based on eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73m

resultsAt follow-up, 51 (8%) men and 47 (7,8%) women had CKD stage 3 and above. Based on levels of ET-1 the population was divided into quintiles showing that women in the highest quintile (n = 132) had a significantly increased risk of developing CKD during the follow up period (OR = 2.54, 95% CI:1.19-5.45, p = 0.02) compared with the other quintiles (1-4). The association was borderline significant after adjusted for age, current smoking, alcohol consumption, hypertension, diabetes, BMI, high- sensitive CRP and LDL-cholesterol (OR = 2.25, 95% CI:0.97-5.24, p = 0.06). No significant differences were observed between quintiles of ET-1 and development of CKD in men (NS).

conclusionsHigh levels of ET-1 are associated with development of CKD in women.

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AdultAgedCohort StudiesEndothelin-1FemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesRenal Insufficiency, ChronicSex DistributionSwedenEndothelin-1Endothelin-1EpidemiologyGenderKidney disease

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