Glenn M. Chertow

Publication Details

  • Higher serum creatinine concentrations in black patients with chronic kidney disease: beyond nutritional status and body composition.

    Hsu J, Johansen KL, Hsu CY, Kaysen GA, Chertow GM. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008; 3 (4): 992-7

    Serum creatinine concentrations tend to be higher in black than white individuals and people of other races or ethnicities. These differences have been assumed to be largely related to race-related differences in body composition, especially muscle mass.

    PubMedID: 18417750

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