Apolipoprotein A-II Is a negative risk indicator for cardiovascular and total mortality: findings from the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study.

function [mean (SD) GFR 59 (23) in the patient cohort of White vs 38.6 (15.1) in our patient cohort]. Finally, an additional economic aspect must also be taken into account: BTP is considerably more expensive than creatinine. Thus, the suggested BTP-based equation for GFR calculation will gain public recognition only when its perfomance is demonstrated to be clearly superior to the MDRD equation. Further studies are needed to elucidate this issue more clearly.