Burden of CKD and Cardiovascular Disease on Life Expectancy and Health Service Utilization: a Cohort Study of Hong Kong Chinese Hypertensive Patients.
Eric Yuk Fai WanEsther Yee Tak YuWeng Yee ChinDaniel Yee Tak FongEdmond Pui Hang ChoiEric Ho Man TangCindy Lo Kuen LamPublished in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN (2019)
This study demonstrated extremely high mortality risk and medical cost increases for severe CKD, exceeding the combined effects from heart disease and stroke. Mortality risks and costs for moderate CKD, heart disease, and stroke were similar individually and roughly multiplicative for any combination. These findings suggest that to reduce mortality and health care costs in patients with hypertension, CKD prevention and intervention merits priority equal to that of cardiovascular disease.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular disease
- chronic kidney disease
- blood pressure
- hypertensive patients
- healthcare
- cardiovascular events
- atrial fibrillation
- pulmonary hypertension
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- cardiovascular risk factors
- early onset
- climate change
- blood brain barrier
- cerebral ischemia
- metabolic syndrome
- social media
- subarachnoid hemorrhage