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Exploring the Relationship of Serum Albumin With Different Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Cross Sectional Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Paper C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This hospital study looked at whether blood levels of albumin, the main protein in blood, drop as chronic kidney disease gets worse. It measured everyone at a single point in time at one tertiary care hospital. That design shows a link between lower albumin and later kidney stages, not proof that one causes the other. Low albumin often reflects poor nutrition and inflammation, so it is a marker to watch, not a target to treat on its own.

Who did this work

Farhad Hussain (Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College) · Pradip Kumar Dutta (Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-08-25
https://doi.org/10.3329/jcmcta.v37i1.91569