Role of Anemia in Dementia Risk Among Veterans With Incident CKD.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Although some evidence exists of increased dementia risk from anemia, it is unclear whether this association persists among adults with CKD. Anemia may be a key marker for dementia among adults with CKD, so we evaluated whether anemia is associated with an increased risk of dementia among adults with CKD.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting & participants

The study included 620,095 veterans aged≥45 years with incident stage 3 CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR]<60mL/min/1.73m²) between January 2005 and December 2016 in the US Veterans Health Administration system and followed through December 31, 2018, for incident dementia, kidney failure, or death.

Exposure

Anemia was assessed based on the average of

SUBMITTER: Koyama AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10822015 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature