Association of functional and structural social support with chronic kidney disease among African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited evidence on the relationship between social support and renal outcomes in African Americans. We sought to determine the association of social support with prevalent chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney function decline in an African American cohort. We also examined whether age modifies the association between social support and kidney function decline.

Methods

We identified Jackson Heart Study (JHS) participants with baseline (Exam in 2000-2004) functional and structural social support data via the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) and social network size questions, respectively. With ISEL as our primary exposure variable, we performed multivariable regression models to evaluate the association between social support and prevalent C

SUBMITTER: Hall RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6633656 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature