Association Between Hypertension & Kidney Function Decline: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) Study
The following is a summary of Yu, Z., Rebholz, CM., Wong, E., Chen Y., Matsushita, K., Coresh, J., and Grams, ME. Association Between Hypertension and Kidney Function Decline: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2019;74(3):310-319, which was developed independently of the article authors.
Key Messages
Faster eGFR decline was observed in participants who had hypertension at baseline compared to normotensive participants during 30 years of follow-up.
The predicted risk for developing CKD stage 3A was similar between African …