Open AccessThe Association Between Statin Use and Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Community-Dwelling Older People in Shanghai, China
Author(s) -
Miaomiao Zhao,
Longbing Ren,
Zhitong Zhou,
Tao Wang,
Jue Li
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s360395
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , hazard ratio , propensity score matching , statin , dyslipidemia , cohort , renal function , cohort study , population , confidence interval , poisson regression , proportional hazards model , physical therapy , demography , disease , environmental health , sociology
The effects of statins on renal outcomes have already been studied in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, data on the general population are limited. We evaluated the association between statin use and risk of CKD in community-dwelling older people in Shanghai, China.