Jieli Lu, Yiming Mu, Qing Su, Lixin Shi, Chao Liu, Jiajun Zhao, Lulu Chen, Qiang Li, Tao Yang, Li Yan, Qin Wan, Shengli Wu, Yan Liu, Guixia Wang, Zuojie Luo, Xulei Tang, Gang Chen, Yanan Huo, Zhengnan Gao, Zhen Ye, Youmin Wang, Guijun Qin, Huacong Deng, Xuefeng Yu, Feixia Shen, Li Chen, Liebin Zhao, Jichao Sun, Wanwan Sun, Tiange Wang, Rui Du, Lin Lin, Meng Dai, Yu Xu, Min Xu, Yufang Bi, Shenghan Lai, Donghui Li, Weiqing Wang, Guang Ning
BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, the association of mildly reduced kidney function with CVD risk is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS: This study investigated the association of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with prevalent CVDs, 10-year Framingham risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), and 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD) in 239 832 participants from the baseline of the Risk Evaluation of cAncers in Chinese diabeTic Individuals: a lONgitudinal study...
July 22, 2016: Journal of the American Heart Association