Factors associated with incidence of acute kidney injury: a Japanese regional population-based cohort study, the Shizuoka study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a globally critical issue. Most studies about AKI have been conducted in limited settings on perioperative or critically ill patients. As a result, there is little information about the epidemiology and risk factors of AKI in the general population.

Methods

We conducted a population-based cohort study using the Shizuoka Kokuho Database. We included subjects with records of health checkup results. The observation period for each participant was defined as from the date of insurance enrollment or April 2012, whichever occurred later, until the date of insurance withdrawal or September 2020, whichever was later. Primary outcome was AKI associated with admission based on the ICD-10 code. We described the incidence of AKI and performed a mu

SUBMITTER: Dote H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10023756 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature