title: Predictive cardiovascular risk factors in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Traditional cardiovascular risk factors and uremia-related specific factors have been identified in patients with CKD, explaining the highest risk for morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to analyze the predictive power of several cardiovascular risk factors and markers in a population of stable patients with moderate CKD.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred twenty-eight (78 M, 50 F) outpatients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) <60 mL/min were included in the study. Medical records about cardiovascular factors were recorded. Analytical parameters and cardiac markers were analyzed. The patients were prospectively followed, and the end points were fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After a mean follow-up of 22.3 months, 27 patients had a cardiovascular event. The patients who suffered a cardiovascular event were older (P= 0.002), with more anemia (P= 0.014), higher pulse pressure (P= 0.011), and cTnT levels (P= 0.000). In addition, they had more prevalence of LVH (P= 0.001), diabetes (P= 0.013), previous coronary heart disease (P= 0.008), chronic heart failure (P= 0.000), vascular peripheral disease (P= 0.006), and had also a higher score of 10-year coronary heart disease predicted risk (P= 0.006). Age [hazard ratio (HR) 1.07, P= 0.02], previous coronary artery disease (HR 4.08, P= 0.0012), and cTnT levels (HR 1.64, P= 0.0000) independently predicted cardiovascular events on multivariate Cox analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In stable patients with CKD, age and previous coronary artery disease were the traditional cardiovascular risk factors more predictive for cardiovascular events. Cardiac troponin T is a powerful marker of cardiovascular events in CKD patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, 28007 Madrid, Spain. albvia@teleline.es
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goicoechea
authors.forename: Soledad García
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: de Vinuesa
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gómez-Campderá
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luño
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents