Cardiovascular Risk Factors Accelerate Kidney Function Decline in Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients: The Alpha Omega Cohort Study.

Keywords cardiovascular risk factors kidney function decline lifestyle pmc-status-qastatus 0 pmc-status-live yes pmc-status-embargo no pmc-status-released yes pmc-prop-open-access yes pmc-prop-olf no pmc-prop-manuscript no pmc-prop-legally-suppressed no pmc-prop-has-pdf yes pmc-prop-has-supplement yes pmc-prop-pdf-only no pmc-prop-suppress-copyright no pmc-prop-is-real-version no pmc-prop-is-scanned-article no pmc-prop-preprint no pmc-prop-in-epmc yes pmc-license-ref CC BY-NC-ND The incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) shows an increasing trend worldwide. 1 Impaired kidney function is a robust and independent risk factor for cardiovascular and all-cause morbidity and mortality. 2 In industrialized countries, in healthy individuals after age 40 years, kidney function gradually declines annually about 0.8 to 1.0 ml/min per 1.73 m 2 . 3 , 4

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