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Ronit Katz is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research mainly spans the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Nephrology. Additional areas of study include Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Genetics.

Their work covers a range of topics connected to kidney health and related conditions. These include Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments, Vitamin D Research Studies, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, and Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments.

Ronit Katz has contributed to numerous publications, appearing frequently in key journals such as:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Kidney Medicine
  • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Ronit Katz include:

  • From local explanations to global understanding with explainable AI for trees, 2020, Nature Machine Intelligence
  • Glucose time in range and peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease, 2020, BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
  • The Difference Between Cystatin C- and Creatinine-Based Estimated GFR and Associations With Frailty and Adverse Outcomes: A Cohort Analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), 2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Urine Markers of Kidney Tubule Cell Injury and Kidney Function Decline in SPRINT Trial Participants with CKD, 2020, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • The Difference Between Cystatin C- and Creatinine-Based Estimated GFR and Incident Frailty: An Analysis of the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS), 2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Frequent collaborators in Ronit Katz's research include:

  • Joachim H. Ix
  • Michael G. Shlipak
  • Alexander L. Bullen
  • Orlando M. Gutiérrez
  • Pranav S. Garimella

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • From Local Explanations to Global Understanding with Explainable AI for Trees.

    Scott M. Lundberg;Scott M. Lundberg;Gabriel Erion;Hugh Chen;Alex DeGrave

  • US Renal Data System 2016 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States

    Rajiv Saran;Bruce Robinson;Kevin C. Abbott;Lawrence Y.C. Agodoa

  • Cystatin C and the risk of death and cardiovascular events among elderly persons.

    Michael G. Shlipak;Mark J. Sarnak;Ronit Katz;Linda F. Fried

  • Cystatin C versus creatinine in determining risk based on kidney function.

    Michael G. Shlipak;Kunihiro Matsushita;Johan Ärnlöv;Johan Ärnlöv;Lesley A. Inker

  • Cystatin C and Prognosis for Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes in Elderly Persons without Chronic Kidney Disease

    Michael G. Shlipak;Ronit Katz;Mark J. Sarnak;Linda F. Fried

  • Multiple loci associated with indices of renal function and chronic kidney disease

    Anna Köttgen;Nicole L. Glazer;Abbas Dehghan;Shih Jen Hwang

  • A prospective study of anemia status, hemoglobin concentration, and mortality in an elderly cohort: the Cardiovascular Health Study.

    Neil A. Zakai;Ronit Katz;Calvin H Hirsch;Michael G. Shlipak

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Relationship of Uric Acid With Progression of Kidney Disease

    Michel Chonchol;Michael G. Shlipak;Ronit Katz;Mark J. Sarnak

  • Rapid kidney function decline and mortality risk in older adults.

    Dena E. Rifkin;Michael G. Shlipak;Ronit Katz;Linda F. Fried

  • Cystatin C Concentration as a Risk Factor for Heart Failure in Older Adults

    Mark J. Sarnak;Ronit Katz;Catherine O. Stehman-Breen;Linda F. Fried

  • Mortality and Cardiovascular Risk Across the Ankle-Arm Index Spectrum Results From the Cardiovascular Health Study

    Ann M. O’Hare;Ronit Katz;Michael G. Shlipak;Mary Cushman

  • Rapid Decline of Kidney Function Increases Cardiovascular Risk in the Elderly

    Michael G. Shlipak;Ronit Katz;Bryan Kestenbaum;David Siscovick

  • Fibroblast growth factor-23 and death, heart failure, and cardiovascular events in community-living individuals: CHS (Cardiovascular Health Study).

    Joachim H. Ix;Ronit Katz;Bryan R. Kestenbaum;Ian H. de Boer

  • Kidney Function as a Predictor of Noncardiovascular Mortality

    Linda F. Fried;Linda F. Fried;Ronit Katz;Mark J. Sarnak;Michael G. Shlipak

  • Features of the Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus as Predictors of Aortic Valve Calcification in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

    Ronit Katz;Nathan D. Wong;Richard Kronmal;Junichiro Takasu

  • Vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, and cardiovascular events among older adults.

    Bryan Kestenbaum;Ronit Katz;Ian de Boer;Andy Hoofnagle

  • US Renal Data System 2016 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States (vol 69, pg s7, 2017)

    Rajiv Saran;Bruce Robinson;Kevin C Abbott;Lawrence Yc Agodoa

  • Cystatin C and the Risk of Death and Cardiovascular Events Among Elderly Persons

    M.G. Shilpak;M.J. Sarnak;R. Katz

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. Shlipak
Michael G. Shlipak University of California, San Francisco
Joachim H. Ix
Joachim H. Ix University of California, San Diego
Mark J. Sarnak
Mark J. Sarnak Tufts Medical Center
David S. Siscovick
David S. Siscovick University of Washington
Bryan Kestenbaum
Bryan Kestenbaum University of Washington
Ian H. de Boer
Ian H. de Boer University of Washington
Matthew J. Budoff
Matthew J. Budoff UCLA Medical Center
Linda F. Fried
Linda F. Fried University of Pittsburgh
Carmen A. Peralta
Carmen A. Peralta University of California, San Francisco
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh

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