Analysis of 2897 hospitalization events for patients with chronic kidney disease: results from CKD-JAC study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic kidney disease is a known risk factor for end-stage renal and cardiovascular diseases. However, data are limited on the causes of hospitalization in patients with chronic kidney disease of maintenance period. This study aimed to aggregate hospitalization data of CKD patients and to determine the high-risk population. In addition, we compared CKD population to general population.

Methods

We conducted a post hoc analysis of the chronic kidney disease-Japan cohort study, a multicenter prospective cohort study of 2966 patients with chronic kidney disease with a median 3.9 years of follow-up. We examined the hospitalization reasons and analyzed the risk factors.

Results

We found 2897 all-cause hospitalization events (252.3 events/1000 person-years), a ho

SUBMITTER: Iimuro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6555784 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature