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Joint Impact of Aldosterone and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol on Cardiovascular Risk in CKD

Key takeaways

People with advanced kidney disease die of heart disease more than anything else. This piece looks at two things that drive that risk together: LDL cholesterol, the kind that builds up in artery walls, and aldosterone, a hormone that raises blood pressure and makes the body hold salt. Aldosterone gets far less attention than cholesterol, and the article argues the two may add to each other's harm. It is a commentary in a kidney journal, so it presents no trial results of its own.

Source

Paper · AJKD · 2026-09-03
https://www.ajkd.org/article/S0272-6386(26)01090-5/fulltext?rss=yes