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Subsequently, samples were sputter-coated with an approximative 10 nm thick gold film and then examined under a scanning electron microscope (Hitachi S4000, at CRIC, Montpellier, France) using a lens detector with an acceleration voltage of 10 kV at calibrated magnifications.
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By design, CanPREDDICT had a higher representation of lower GFR strata than other similar published cohort studies such as CRIC and CRIB [ 41, 42].
At the baseline CRIC visit, urine urea nitrogen, total protein and albumin excretion were determined from a 24-hour urine collection.
All confocal imaging was performed at the Montpellier Rio Imaging CRIC facility.
Serum creatinine measurements were done in the CRIC central laboratory at University of Pennsylvania on the Hitachi Vitros 950 calibrated to the MDRD central laboratory at Cleveland Clinic [ 15] (because the original 4-variable MDRD equation [ 16] was used as the entry criteria for CRIC).
All CRIC participants had symptoms assessed at baseline using the MDRD study Patient Symptom Form [ 10] described below.
CRIC study participants with diabetes had lower eGFR at baseline, and eGFR is a well-established determinant of disordered mineral metabolism in CKD (16).
We compared baseline characteristics of Hispanic participants in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) and Hispanic-CRIC (H-CRIC) Studies with non-Hispanic CRIC participants.
We are grateful to C. Cazevieille (CRIC Montpellier) for technical assistance with Scanning Electron Microscopy and P. Atger (IGH) for assistance with iconographic work.
CRIC is a multi-center observational study of 3,939 adults aged 21 to 74 years old at baseline with mild to moderate CKD with estimated GFR (eGFR) ranging from 20 70 ml/min/1.73 m.
By contrast the degree of proteinuria in CRIC study was much lower (0.17 g/24 hours).
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