Associação do risco cardiovascular com a doença renal crônica na população brasileira: Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde

Abstract

Introduction: Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) constitute public health problems and when related they generate aggravation of health conditions. In this sense, estimating cardiovascular risk (CVR) may be important for implementing prevention measures aimed at CKD. Objective: To analyze the association of CVR with CKD in the Brazilian adult population, according to laboratory criteria from the National Health Survey (PNS). Methodology: This is a cross-sectional, home-based, PNS study carried out in 2014 and 2015. The groups of explanatory variables were: sex, age, smoking, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, treated and untreated blood pressure, diabetes. Results: The sample consisted of 5857 participants, most of them female, brown or black, aged between 35 and 39 years old, with low schooling (no education and incomplete elementary school) and non-smokers. Individuals with CKD had a higher prevalence of CVR components. A positive association of high CVR with CKD was found. Conclusion: There is a higher cardiovascular risk in women. The high RCV increased with age and low education. A positive association of high CVR with CKD was also verified. Thus, it is extremely important to devise strategies to identify patients with CKD through the use of CVR, considering that CKD is underdiagnosed.