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Association of the Triglyceride–Glucose Index with Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis

Key takeaways

Researchers checked whether a simple score built from blood fat and blood sugar levels predicted kidney damage after patients received dye for an imaging scan. Everyone in the study had narrowed arteries feeding the kidneys, which already puts them at higher risk from the dye. This kind of study shows a link between a high score and kidney injury, not proof that the score's causes are what harm the kidney. No abstract was posted, so the number of patients and the strength of the link are not available.

Who did this work

Ece Çelebi Coşkun (Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi) · Mahmut Kapsiz (Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-08
https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd13090447