People with chronic kidney disease are known to be at high risk of heart disease.
In a study from the University of Ottawa and elsewhere, scientists found that a kidney disease called primary glomerular disease is associated with high heart disease risk.
They examined almost 2,000 adults with primary glomerular disease and followed them for about 7 years.
The team found the risk of heart disease events including coronary artery, cerebrovascular, and peripheral vascular events; and death due to heart attack or stroke was found to be 2.5 times higher than that of the general population.
Heart risk in patients with primary glomerular diseases is poorly understood because these conditions are rare and require a kidney biopsy for diagnosis.
In this study, the team examined the risk of heart disease events in 1,912 Canadian patients.
They found the risk of heart events was 2.5 times as high as the general population and was high for each disease type.
The team also found the consideration of disease type, kidney function, and proteinuria improved the prediction of cardiovascular events.
In summary, this study showed that people with primary glomerular diseases have a high heart disease risk, and that inclusion of kidney-specific risk factors may improve risk stratification.
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The study was conducted by Mark Canney et al and published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
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