In a study from UiT The Arctic University of Norway, scientists found that human kidney function deteriorates with age regardless of the presence of other diseases.
The study was carried out on nearly 3000 people in Norway, Germany, and Iceland.
The researchers examined the kidney function of a group of people between the ages of 50 and 70, and two groups of people between the ages of 70 to 95.
They used a precise method of measuring kidney function.
They injected subjects with a substance that only separates into the kidneys and after a few hours, measured how much of the substance remained in the blood.
This offered a measure of the kidney’s ability to remove toxins and waste products.
The team explains that more people may experience loss of kidney function as it becomes more common to survive diseases like cancer and heart and vascular diseases.
The team says that the loss of kidney function is something that happens to all humans and is thus a way to determine aging in general.
There is still variation as to how quickly this happens, and scientists still do not have good answers as to why this variation occurs.
For those who experience loss of kidney function at a high age, this is a considerable burden. That is why this is an area that needs further research to find more answers.
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The study was conducted by says Bjørn Odvar Eriksen et al and published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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