Glomerular-vascular syndrome

出自KMU Wiki

• Risk factors
  • Aging, obesity, insulin resistance, smoking, hypertension, hyperlipidemia
  • Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism
    • Lipoprotein glomerulopathy
• CKD patients with GFR<60 mL/min have more cardiovascular events and hospitalizations than those with higher filtration rates
• Approximately 10% of glomeruli are normally sclerotic by age 40, rising to 20% by age 60 and 30% by age 80