Cystatin C level predicts heart failure in elderly black individuals with renal disease

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Chronic kidney disease increases the risk of heart failure. Both conditions are more likely to affect black individuals than whites. Researchers have used three common methods for measuring kidney function—serum creatinine level, plasma cystatin C level and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation—to investigate whether the relationship between chronic kidney disease and incident heart failure differs between the two racial groups.

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