Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Pre-dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease patients of Nepal

Autor:	Apeksha Niraula, Kashyap Dahal, Rajani Hada, Anil Baral, Juju Raj Shrestha, K.K. Sah
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Internal medicine Cardiovascular risk factors medicine Pre-dialysis medicine.disease business Kidney disease
Zdroj:	Journal of Advances in Internal Medicine. 9:47-53
ISSN:	2091-1440 2091-1432
DOI:	10.3126/jaim.v9i2.32813
Popis:	Background and Aims: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) due to increased prevalence of traditional and nontraditional CVD risk factors. Our study aimed to evaluate these risk factors in pre-dialysis Nepalese CKD patients. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Department of Nephrology, Bir hospital. Total 100 consecutive pre-dialysis CKD patients were enrolled. Ten traditional and six nontraditional CVD risk factors were analyzed and compared between CKD stages. Descriptive statistics was used to illustrate the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, chi square test for categorical variables and multiple logistic regression analysis was done to determine the risk factors of CVD in CKD patients. p-value
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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