Abstract
Objective Despite advances in medicine, aortic diseases (ADs), such as aneurysm rupture and aortic dissection, remain fatal and carry extremely high mortality rates. Due to its low frequency, the risk of developing AD has not yet been fully elucidated. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality. The aim of the present study was to examine whether or not CKD is a risk for AD-related mortality in the general population. Methods We used a nationwide database of 554,442 subjects (40-75 years old) who participated in the annual “Specific Health Check and Guidance in Japan” checkup between 2008 and 2013. Results There were 131 aortic aneurysm and dissection deaths during the follow-up period of 2,123,512 person-years. A Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that subjects with CKD had a higher rate of AD-related deaths than those without it. A multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis demonstrated that CKD was an independent risk factor for AD-related death in the general population after adjusting for cardiovascular risk factors. The addition of CKD to cardiovascular risk factors significantly improved the C, net reclassification, and integrated discrimination indexes. Conclusion CKD is an additional risk for AD-related death, suggesting that CKD may be a target for the prevention and early identification of subjects at high risk for AD-related death in the general population.
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