Carbamylation as a Novel Marker of Coronary Artery Calcification in People With CKD: Findings from a Phenome-Wide Association Study in CRIC

Protein carbamylation, a urea-driven post-translational protein modification that increases in chronic kidney disease (CKD), affects diverse mechanisms relevant to the excess morbidity and mortality observed in this population. Given urea’s ubiquitous presence in the body, we hypothesized that carbamylation would associate with a broad range of clinical phenotypes, specifically cardiovascular diseases.