Predictors of Renal Function Worsening in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): A Multicenter Observational Study.

Corrado Pelaia Daniele Pastori Giuseppe ArmentaroSofia MiceliVelia CassanoKeti BarbaraGiulia PelaiaMaria Perticone Raffaele Maio Pasquale PignatelliFrancesco VioliFrancesco Perticone Giorgio SestiAngela Sciacqua

Published in: Nutrients (2021)

This study shows that COPD patients have a significant worsening of renal function over time and that UA and diabetes were the two strongest predictors. Optimal management of these risk factors may reduce the incidence of CKD in this population thus probably improving clinical outcome.

Keyphrases

risk factors
end stage renal disease
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
chronic kidney disease
lung function
newly diagnosed
type diabetes
ejection fraction
cardiovascular disease
prognostic factors
cystic fibrosis
adipose tissue