Chronic kidney disease is associated with a more than sevenfold increase in the risk for sudden cardiac arrest among US residents of Hispanic or Latinx ethnicity, new data suggest.
Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. is the strongest predictor of sudden cardiac arrest in a population of Hispanic and Latinx patients, new data show, suggesting early identification of CKD may provide an opportunity to reduce the risk in these groups.
Researchers collected data on demographics, medical history, and current health conditions. Of note, 51.2% of SCA cases and 8.8% of control participants had CKD, and 20.0% of cases and 0.7% of the control group were on dialysis.
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