Prevalence of the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome in the United States

“The high prevalence of multimorbidity that defines the newly described CKM syndrome highlights the urgent need for public health intervention to optimize the health of individuals in the United States. Understanding the burden of interrelated comorbidities and convergence of risk factors is important for public health efforts behind the identification and management of the CKM syndrome, particularly given the increasing number of therapeutic management options for these conditions.”

“These results highlight the high burden of risk factors for CVD, including among individuals who have not yet developed clinical CVD, and the low prevalence of individuals without CKM syndrome even among young adults.”

“We must educate the public about the intersection of these conditions, so they realize CKM syndrome is more than just taking care of obesity, diabetes, or CVD in isolation. Without lifestyle and behavioral changes, one risk factor can snowball into several.”