Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the Netherlands and its cardiovascular and renal complications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge on prevalence, comorbidities and consequences of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is mandatory to estimate the potential of cardiovascular risk management on a population level. We studied the prevalence of CKD with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and/or heart failure and its cardiorenal complications in The Netherlands.

Methods

A descriptive cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study was performed, using data from the Dutch PHARMO Data Network. Prevalence of CKD at a single time point was determined by a recorded diagnosis or by ≥ 2 estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) measurements and urine albumin/creatinine ratio (UACR) that define CKD. A representative group of adults with CKD was included in a longitudinal analysis to study cardiore

SUBMITTER: Vervloet MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10644456 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature