Chronic kidney disease is always associated with increased risk of stroke. However, the magnitude and independent effect of glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria are still ill-defined. In this context, a study has been published in the Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation reporting an inverse relationship between the stroke and glomerular filtration rate. This article gives a short overview of the study. Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the main cause of the chronic neurological disability worldwide.
Stroke and CKD have few common risk factors like high blood pressure, smoking, high cholesterol and diabetes. The patients with chronic kidney disease are always at high risk of stroke. However, the quantitative relationship between the risk and the other independent factors like glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria is not yet established or studied. With this aim,…
