Impact of Educational Attainment on Health Outcomes in Moderate to Severe CKD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The inverse association between educational attainment and mortality is well established, but its relevance to vascular events and renal progression in a population with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is less clear. This study aims to determine the association between highest educational attainment and risk of vascular events, cause-specific mortality, and CKD progression.

Study design

Prospective epidemiologic analysis among participants in the Study of Heart and Renal Protection (SHARP), a randomized controlled trial.

Setting & participants

9,270 adults with moderate to severe CKD (6,245 not receiving dialysis at baseline) and no history of myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization recruited in Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, and New Zeala

SUBMITTER: Morton RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4685934 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature