Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Mortality - An Ignored Risk Factor

Journal: Advances in Medicine and Engineering Interdisciplinary Research DOI: 10.32629/ameir.v2i3.2599

Enrique Ricart Torres1, María Aranzazu Roldán Ramos2, Vicente Santamaría Meseguer3

1. Family and Community Medicine, UDMAFYC de Castelló
2. Family and Community Medicine, El Puig Health Center
3. Family and Community Medicine, Sant Agustí Health Center

Abstract

Objectives: The aim is to determine hidden chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its relationship with the appearance of cardiovascular events (CVD) and mortality. Furthermore, the aim is to identify cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) and calculate the control degree of diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 and dyslipidemia (DLP) prior to CVD. Material and methods: It consists of a retrospective cohort study carried out in the Basic Health Zones (BHZ) of San Agustín, (population of 33.321 users) which consists of the health centers San Agustín, Illes Columbretes, and the auxiliary clinics of Borriol and Raval; and on the other hand, the BHZ of Almassora (25,831 users), calculated in analysis between January 2015 and December 2018. The main variables were CKD, CVD, mortality and CVRFs. Results: The final sample consisted of 243 patients from two cohorts: 135 without CKD and 99 with CKD (including 36.4% of occult CKD cases). The hazard ratio (HR) of developing CVD was 4.28 and mortality was 12.3 in the group with CKD compared to the group without CKD. Regarding the relationship of CVRFs prior to the appearance of CVD, in the cohort with CKD, hypertension (HTN), DLP, and type 2 DM had significant results, compared to the cohort without CKD. Likewise, in the CKD cohort, the percentage of DLP control was less than 50.0%, and greater than 66.66% in type 2 DM. Conclusions: It is observed that a third of patients are not diagnosed with CKD, which has a high probability of developing CVD or death. Given the lack of diagnosis, interventions in the control of DLP and type 2 DM are lower.

Keywords

chronic kidney disease (CKD); cardiovascular disease (CVD); mortality; primary health care; disease prevention

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