Yasin Öztürk

Population-Level Associations of Diabetes Prevalence and Childhood Overweight with Kidney Cancer Mortality in Türkiye

Background/Objectives: This study aimed to conduct a population-level multivariate analysis of the associations of childhood overweight with kidney cancer mortality and diabetes. Methods: The study used data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank for Türkiye...

Silent Brain Lesions in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Hidden Burden

Objective: Silent brain lesions (SBL), including silent brain infarction (SBI) and subcortical white matter lesions (SWML), are increasingly recognized as important radiological markers of cerebral small vessel disease. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be at increas...

The relationship between urinary MMP-9, proteinuria, and pulse wave velocity in patients with diabetic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Objective Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) influences extracellular matrix remodeling, inflammation, and renal hemodynamics in patients with various kidney diseases, including diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Methods This cross-sectional study investigated the relationsh...

Renal outcomes following fundus fluorescein angiography in patients with diabetic nephropathy: Incidence, risk factors and three‐month kidney function changes

Abstract Aims The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of contrast‐associated acute kidney injury (CA‐AKI) after fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) in a high‐risk diabetic nephropathy (DN) population, to identify clinical predictors of renal injury and to evaluate t...