Response to Letter Regarding Article by Khan et al, “Prognostic Value of Troponin T and I Among Asymptomatic Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease: A Meta-Analysis”

We thank Drs Apple, Jaffe, and Herzog for their interest in our article and for drawing attention to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Guidelines on Evaluation of Cardiovascular disease.1 As stated in our paper, because the troponin studies used differing assays and variable cut points and reported conflicting results, direct comparison of the results was problematic, and a rigorous meta-analysis was required to clarify this association.2 The review from the NKF did …