Cognitive impairment in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease: the Salford kidney cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognitive impairment in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common and underrecognized [1, 2]. Determining risk factors for cognitive impairment and whether speed of CKD progression is an important consideration may help identify cognitive impairment by nephrologists. Vascular disease is thought to underpin cognitive impairment in CKD and by segregating CKD patients with proven vascular disease, we may also be able to discover other important associations with cognitive impairment in CKD patients.

Method

A total of 250 patients in a UK prospective cohort of CKD patients underwent two cognitive assessments: Montreal Cognitive Assessment test and Trail Making Test. Cognitive impairment was defined using validated population cut-offs (cognitive impairment) and relative c

SUBMITTER: Tollitt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8162857 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature