Using electronic health records to improve cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health: a protocol for the China Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Cohort-WeinAn REsearch (CKM-CARE).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The ageing population faces a growing burden of poor cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) health, which is receiving increasing attention globally. The proposed China Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Cohort-Weinan Research (CKM-CARE) aims to establish a regional surveillance system in an underdeveloped city in northwest China to collect comprehensive and dynamic data on the CKM prevalence and progression in Chinese population, to inform better CKM care and effective intervention strategies.

Methods and analysis

The CKM-CARE study will leverage individual-level data from the regional electronic health record (EHR) system of Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, to establish an ambispective longitudinal cohort for CKM care and outcomes research. Between January 2020 and

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12636894 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature