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Association of Life-Course Stressful Life Events with Incident Chronic Kidney Disease: The Potential Mediating Role of Frailty

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study looked at how stressful life events in childhood and adulthood are linked to kidney disease in older adults. It found that stress may lead to frailty, which then increases the risk of kidney disease. This is an observational study, so it shows a link but not proof of cause. It helps doctors understand how life stress affects health.

Who did this work

Chuxuan Luo (Fujian Medical University) · Kongwen Lin (Fujian Medical University) · Raojuan Chen (Fujian Medical University) · Keng Ye (Fujian Medical University) · Shanhong Shi (Fujian Medical University) · Menglan Huang (Fujian Medical University) · Yanfang Xu (Fujian Medical University)

Source

Article · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-10-14
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14203438