Prevalence and factors associated with multimorbidity among primary care patients with decreased renal function.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To establish the prevalence of multimorbidity in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 1-5 and transiently impaired renal function and identify factors associated with multimorbidity.

Design and setting

Prospective cohort study in UK primary care.

Participants

861 participants aged 60 and older with decreased renal function of whom, 584 (65.8%) had CKD and 277 (32.2%) did not have CKD.

Interventions

Participants underwent medical history and clinical assessment, and blood and urine sampling.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Multimorbidity was defined as presence of ≥2 chronic conditions including CKD. Prevalence of each condition, co-existing conditions and multimorbidity were described and logistic regression was used to ident

SUBMITTER: Hirst JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7810320 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature