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A Comparative Study on the Value of Blood Cellular Indices in Predicting the Outcomes in End Stage Renal Disease.

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

Researchers compared 11 cheap measures taken from a routine blood count to see which best predicts how people with end stage kidney disease will do. End stage means less than 15% of kidney function is left. The measures are ratios between different blood cell types, and some of them have already been tied to faster decline. This is an observational study, so it shows a link between these blood numbers and outcomes, not proof that anything causes anything.

Who did this work

Nunez R · Siddiqui F · Fairand E · Maggiore J · Bansal V · Vellanki K · Hoppensteadt D · Fareed J

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD progression · 2026 Sep 1
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42678370/