Open AccessKidney dysfunction as a risk factor for first symptomatic stroke events in a general Japanese population--the Ohasama study
Author(s) -
Masaaki Nakayama,
Hirohito Metoki,
Hiroyuki Terawaki,
Takayoshi Ohkubo,
Masahiro Kikuya,
T. Sato,
Koichi Nakayama,
K Asayama,
Ryusuke Inoue,
Junichiro Hashimoto,
Kazuhito Totsune,
Haruhisa Hoshi,
Sadayoshi Ito,
Y. Imai
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfm051
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , kidney disease , hazard ratio , renal function , population , risk factor , proportional hazards model , confounding , context (archaeology) , surgery , confidence interval , environmental health , mechanical engineering , engineering , biology , paleontology
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has been shown to be a risk factor for mortality as well as for morbidity such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population. However, in the context of CVD events, there is a difference in the incidence of cardiac and stroke events between Western and Asian populations. Although a high prevalence of stroke is a characteristic feature in Japanese populations, it is unclear whether CKD constitutes a risk for stroke events.
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