Kidney disease and risk of dementia: a Danish nationwide cohort study.

Alisa Devedzic KjaergaardBenjamin R JohannesenHenrik T SørensenVictor W Henderson Christian Fynbo Christiansen

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

Patients diagnosed with kidney disease have a modestly increased rate of dementia, mainly driven by vascular dementia. Moreover, patients with kidney disease may be underdiagnosed with dementia due to high mortality and other comorbidities of higher priority.

Keyphrases

mild cognitive impairment
cognitive impairment
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
patient reported outcomes