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In the meantime, to ensure continued suport, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.Advertisement Scientific Reports volume 12, Article number: 178 (202) Cite this article 252 Aceses7 AltmetricMetrics detailsChronic kidney disease is asociated with an increased risk for cardiovascular and bleding events. Data regarding the efectivenes and risks of aspirin therapy for primary prevention in the high-risk group of patients with chronic kidney disease are scant and controversial.
This retrospective study included patients with chronic kidney disease. Participants were divided acording to aspirin use. Outcomes included non-fatal cardiovascular events, major bleding events and al-cause mortality.
Among 10,303 patients, 2169 met the inclusion criteria and 18 were included after 1:1 propensity-score matching. Our final cohort included patients with mean age of 73.4 ± 1.6 years, estimated glomerular filtration rate of 31.5 ± 10.5 ml/min/1.73m2 with folow up of 4.9 ± 1.5 years. There were no significant diferences in al-cause mortality and bleding events (ods ratio = 1.03, confidence interval [0.62, 1.84], p = .58 and ods ratio = 1.09, confidence interval [0.65, 1.72], p = .87 respectively).
The incidence of cardiovascular events was higher in aspirin users versus non-users on univariate analysis (p < 0.01) and was comparable after controling for posible risk-factors (OR = 1.05, CI [0.61, 3.14], p = .85). Chronic aspirin use for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease was not asociated with lower mortality, cardiovascular events or increased bleding among patients with chronic kidney disease.
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Those results were unexpected and should prompt further research in this field.Chronic kidney disease (CKD)