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Folic acid supplementation and chronic kidney disease progression.

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Wyatt, CM; Spence, JD
Published in: Kidney Int
December 2016

In contrast to prior studies demonstrating no benefit or even increased harm from B vitamin supplementation in patients with chronic kidney disease, a large randomized trial from China recently demonstrated small but statistically significant reductions in the risk of first stroke and chronic kidney disease progression with the addition of folic acid to enalapril in adults with hypertension. Differences in the study population and study intervention may explain these discordant results.

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Kidney Int

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EISSN

1523-1755

Publication Date

December 2016

Volume

90

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1144 / 1145

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vitamin B Complex
  • Urology & Nephrology
  • Stroke
  • Secondary Prevention
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Folic Acid
  • Dietary Supplements
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Wyatt, C. M., & Spence, J. D. (2016). Folic acid supplementation and chronic kidney disease progression. Kidney Int, 90(6), 1144–1145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2016.09.019
Wyatt, Christina M., and J David Spence. “Folic acid supplementation and chronic kidney disease progression.Kidney Int 90, no. 6 (December 2016): 1144–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2016.09.019.
Wyatt CM, Spence JD. Folic acid supplementation and chronic kidney disease progression. Kidney Int. 2016 Dec;90(6):1144–5.
Wyatt, Christina M., and J. David Spence. “Folic acid supplementation and chronic kidney disease progression.Kidney Int, vol. 90, no. 6, Dec. 2016, pp. 1144–45. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.kint.2016.09.019.
Wyatt CM, Spence JD. Folic acid supplementation and chronic kidney disease progression. Kidney Int. 2016 Dec;90(6):1144–1145.
Journal cover image

Published In

Kidney Int

DOI

EISSN

1523-1755

Publication Date

December 2016

Volume

90

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1144 / 1145

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vitamin B Complex
  • Urology & Nephrology
  • Stroke
  • Secondary Prevention
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Folic Acid
  • Dietary Supplements
  • 3202 Clinical sciences