GFR is a measure of how well your kidneys are filtering your blood. It's important to monitor GFR because changes in its range can be an indicator of kidney disease and can help prevent additional damage. Talk to your health care provider if you have signs of kidney damage, includingtrouble...
Meghan has taught undergraduate and graduate level science courses and has a PhD in Immunology. In this lesson, you will learn about GFR; what it measures as well as what levels are considered normal in a healthy human. The blood test and calculations used to determine GFR will also be desc...
While one of these symptoms alone may not be a reason to test your kidney function levels, a combination of symptoms may be cause for concern. To be on the safe side, an easily performed, inexpensiveBlood Test for Kidney Functioncan give you peace of mind. ...
The one-sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test was used to identify departures of continuous variables from a normal distribution, and a logarithmic transformation was applied to variables that showed rightward skewing before they were subjected to parametric statistical analysis. The Mann–Whitney U-test was ...
In a blood test, doctors look for a waste product calledcreatinine. When kidneys are damaged, they have a hard time cleaning this from your blood. Once your doctor knows how much creatinine is in your blood, they can use this, along with your age and sex to measure how well your kidney...
BP: blood pressure; HbA1c: hemoglobin Alc. Mean±s.e. clinical features of 82 (statistical comparison have been performed taking into consideration all the 86 patients) diabetic patients at baseline (age, duration) and after 4 year therapy with 40 mg per day of simvastatin or with 30 g per...