Cigarette smoking and chronic kidney disease in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Xia, Jia; Wang, Lin; Ma, Zhiheng; Zhong, Li-Ping; Wang, Ying; Gao, Yachan; He, Liqun; Su, Xiao

doi:10.1093/ndt/gfw452

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Cigarette smoking and chronic kidney disease in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation • Feb 15, 2017

Authors:

Jia Xia

Lin Wang

Zhiheng Ma

Abstract

Background: Cigarette smoking has been established as a major risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) development in people with diabetes. Conflicting evidence exists among representative community-based studies as to whether smoking is an independent risk factor for CKD. The aim of this meta-a...

Subject

Medicine

Prospective cohort study

Kidney disease

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