American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 21-28, January 2008

Metabolic Syndrome and the Development of CKD in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study

  • Jaime Lucove, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jaime C. Lucove, MSPH, Research Scientist, Allscripts, 27 East Delaware Ave, Pennington, NJ.
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  • Suma Vupputuri, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC
    • University of North Carolina Kidney Center, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Gerardo Heiss, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Kari North, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Marie Russell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Medstar Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ.

Received 23 January 2007; accepted 27 September 2007. published online 03 December 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.09.014 on November 28, 2007.This work was performed at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and all Strong Heart Study Centers: Medstar Research Institute, Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service, Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board, Center for American Indian Health Research, and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

PII: S0272-6386(07)01309-1

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.09.014

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 21-28, January 2008