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Physical Performance and Risk of Heart Failure, Kidney Failure, and Mortality in CKD

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

People with kidney disease who had lower physical performance scores were more likely to develop heart failure or die. This study shows a link, not proof of cause. It tracked a large group of patients over time.

Who did this work

Devika Nair (VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System) · Rebecca T. Brown (University of Pennsylvania) · Michael G. Shlipak (San Francisco VA Health Care System) · Navdeep Tangri (University of Manitoba) · Xiaoming Zhang (Cancer Research And Biostatistics) · Mary F. Hannan (University of Illinois Chicago) · Mary Beth Leonard (Stanford Medicine) · James Phillip Lash (University of Illinois Chicago) · Sankar Dass Navaneethan (Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center) · Jing Chen (Southwestern Medical Center) · Jiang He (Southwestern Medical Center) · Lawrence J. Appel (Johns Hopkins University)

Source

Article · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-29
https://doi.org/10.2215/cjn.0000001219