Cardiovascular disease history and β-blocker prescription patterns among Japanese and American patients with CKD: a cross-sectional study of the CRIC and CKD-JAC studies.

ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major complication in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In Japan, the incidence of CVD among persons with CKD is lower than that in the United States. Although various classes of antihypertensive agents are prescribed to prevent CVD, the proportion varies between the United States and Japan. Until now, few studies have compared clinical practices and CVD prevalence among patients with CKD in the United States vs. Japan. In this study, we performed a cross-sectional comparison of the prevalence of CVD and the prescription of β-blockers at study entry to the Chronic Kidney Disease Japan Cohort (CKD-JAC) Study and the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study. The mean patient age was 58.2 and 60.3 years, the mean estimated glomerular filtr

SUBMITTER: Imaizumi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8184630 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature