HBA Copy Number and Kidney Disease Risk among Black Americans: a Longitudinal Cohort Study
A. Parker Ruhl, Neal Jeffries, Yu Yang, Rakhi P. Naik, Amit Patki, Lydia H. Pecker, Bryan T. Mott, Neil A. Zakai, Cheryl A. Winkler, Jeffrey B. Kopp, Leslie A. Lange, Marguerite R. Irvin, Orlando M. Gutierrez, Mary Cushman, Hans C. Ackerman
This study examines the association between HBA copy number and kidney disease risk in Black Americans, finding higher HBA copy number linked to increased CKD prevalence and ESKD incidence.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · Dec 14, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine