Chronic kidney disease is associated with incident cognitive impairment in the elderly: the INVADE study

Autor: Thorleif Etgen, Holger Poppert, Dirk Sander, Horst Bickel, C. Briesenick, Hans Förstl, Michel Chonchol
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association. 24(10)
ISSN: 1460-2385
Popis: Background. Limited data exist regarding the relationship between decreased renal function and cognitive impairment. Methods. A total of 3679 participants of the Intervention Project on Cerebrovascular Diseases and Dementia in the Community of Ebersberg (INVADE) composed the community-based cohort study. Measures of renal function were estimated using the Cockcroft–Gault equation and divided into normal, mild and moderate-to-severe impaired renal function (creatinine clearance ≥60, 45–59 and
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