Does chronic kidney disease increase the risk of incident myocardial infarction and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in middle-aged men and women from the general population?
Chronic kidney disease is an independent risk factor for incident myocardial infarction and cardiovascular mortality in the general middle-aged population.
CKD was strongly associated with an increased risk of incident MI and CVD mortality independent from common cardiovascular risk factors in men and women from the general population.
Meisinger et al. (Wed,) studied this question.