Risk factors associated with chronic renal disease in elderly

Abstract

An analytic, observational, case-control, non paired study that included 36 elderly with chronic renal disease exposed to risk factors (cases), and another group integrated by 72 patients with similar biological characteristics, without this disorder, but with the same degree of risk exposure (control), belonging to "Camilo Torres Restrepo" Teaching Polyclinic was carried out in Santiago de Cuba, from October, 2014 to the same period in 2015, aimed at determining the degree of causal association between some risk factors and the occurrence of this disease. Type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension and persistent proteinuria were the predominant factors and of higher impact in the exposed population.

Keywords

• adulto mayor, enfermedad renal crónica, factor de riesgo, riesgo atribuible, razón de productos cruzados, atención primaria de salud.