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Income Level and Risks of Kidney Function Decline and Mortality Among Older Korean Adults: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Preprint: cohort study of 625,448 peoplePopulations

Abstract

Background Older adults bear a high burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and face substantial socioeconomic vulnerability. However, evidence on income-related disparities in kidney outcomes in this population remains limited.

The paper

CHA University Bundang Medical Center

Research Square, 14 Aug 2026, CC BY, Preprint, not peer-reviewed

doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-10468452/v1