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Albuminuria was associated with signs of silent stroke, and patients with albuminuria had a 65% higher risk of developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia.
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‘Albuminuria (a marker of kidney disease) was linked to signs of silent stroke, and patients with albuminuria had a greater risk of developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia.’
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Chronic kidney disease was not associated with markers of silent cerebrovascular disease but was associated with a 51% higher risk of developing dementia. Read More..
"Our results highlight the importance of albuminuria as a cerebrovascular and cognitive risk factor and indicate that there may be additional shared disease mechanisms in the kidney and the brain beyond hypertension," said corresponding author Dearbhla Kelly, MBBChBAO, M.Sc, D.Phil., of St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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