Association between renal function and cardiovascular mortality: a retrospective cohort study of elderly from health check-up.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between cardiovascular mortality in elderly Asians and decline in renal function.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Community-based health examination database from Taipei city.

Participants

At the beginning, the database included 315 045 health check-up visits of 97 803 elderly persons aged ≥65 years old from 2005 to 2012. After excluding missing values and outliers, there were 64 732 elderly persons with at least two visits retained for further analyses.

Primary outcome measures

Kidney function indicators include estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urine protein, and rapid decline in eGFR was defined as slope ≤ -5 mL/min/1.73 m² per year. The endpoint outcome

SUBMITTER: Huang YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8458353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature