Impact of Kidney Disease and Blood Pressure on the Development of Cardiovascular Disease
Author(s) -
Toshiharu Ninomiya,
Yutaka Kiyohara,
Yosuke Tokuda,
Yasufumi Doi,
Hisatomi Arima,
Akiko Harada,
Yasuo Ohashi,
Hirotsugu Ueshima
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.792903
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , kidney disease , blood pressure , hazard ratio , confounding , prospective cohort study , epidemiology , kidney , disease , cohort study , incidence (geometry) , cohort , cardiology , urology , confidence interval , physics , optics
Kidney disease is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, there have been few well-designed prospective studies of this issue in Asian populations. Recent epidemiological studies have suggested that a lower blood pressure level may be associated with an increased risk of CVD in individuals with kidney dysfunction.
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