Kidney Disease And Diabetes: A recent study has revealed that people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes are estimated to have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) 8 to 28 years earlier than others.

Kidney Disease Diabetes: Chronic kidney disease and diabetes cause damage to heart health.

Kidney Disease and Diabetes: Chronic kidney disease means that your kidneys are damaged and cannot filter blood the way they should. This can increase the problem of diabetes, blood pressure. But if you have both chronic kidney disease and diabetes, then there is a risk for your heart. Recent research has revealed that people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes are estimated to have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) 8 to 28 years earlier than others.

Scientists at Northwestern University in Chicago conducted simulation research to estimate the effect of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction. They found that patients with chronic kidney disease alone would have a higher risk of heart disease eight years earlier than patients without heart disease. At the same time, in patients with type 2 diabetes, this risk may occur about a decade earlier than those without the disease.

How many years ago did the risk in women and men-

Among patients with both chronic kidney disease and diabetes, the risk for CVD was estimated to increase 26 years earlier in women and 28 years earlier in men.

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"Our findings help explain the combination of risk factors and indicate at what age CVD risk is highest," said Vaishnavi Krishnan, a researcher at Northwestern University and lead study author. For example, if a person's blood pressure, glucose, and kidney function levels are borderline, but the person does not have chronic kidney disease in addition to high blood pressure or diabetes, their risk may not be recognized.

The study found that without cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, the expected age of reaching high CVD risk was 68 years for women and 63 years for men.

The findings will be presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2024, to be held November 16-18 in Chicago.

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