Contrasting Cholesterol Management Guidelines for Adults with CKD.

ABSTRACT: The Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes Lipid Work Group recommends statins for adults ≥50 years old with CKD. The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association endorses statins for adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, adults with LDL cholesterol≥190 mg/dl, and adults 40-79 years old with LDL cholesterol=70-189 mg/dl and diabetes or a 10-year predicted risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ≥7.5% estimated using the Pooled Cohort risk equations. Using data from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study, we calculated the agreement for statin treatment between these two guidelines for adults 50-79 years old with CKD (eGFR<60 ml/min per 1.73 m(2) or albuminuria≥30 mg/g) not on dialysis. We assessed the validity of the Pooled Co

SUBMITTER: Colantonio LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4413767 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature