Cause of Death in Patients with Reduced Kidney Function

Information on common causes of death in people with CKD is limited. We hypothesized that, as eGFR declines, cardiovascular mortality and mortality from infection account for increasing proportions of deaths. We calculated eGFR using the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration equation for residents of Alberta, Canada who died between 2002 and 2009. We used multinomial logistic regression to estimate unadjusted and age- and sex-adjusted differences in the proportions of deaths from each cause according to the severity of CKD. Cause of death was classified as cardiovascular, infection, cancer, other, or not reported using International Classification of Diseases codes. Among 81,064 deaths, the most common cause was…

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  University of Alberta