Sex Differences in Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality in Adults with and without CKD: NHANES 1999-2018

Kidney360. 2023 Oct 1;4(10):1467-1471. doi: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000239. Epub 2023 Aug 7.

Abstract

  1. Women with CKD had a lower cardiovascular disease mortality risk than men.

  2. Kidney function markers (i.e., eGFR and urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio) may influence mortality risk in women with CKD, but not in men.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular System*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nutrition Surveys
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic* / epidemiology
  • Sex Characteristics