{"id":6214,"date":"2024-05-15T15:05:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=6214"},"modified":"2024-05-15T15:28:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:28:30","slug":"what-to-know-about-ckm-the-link-between-heart-health-diabetes-and-kidney-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=6214","title":{"rendered":"What to Know About CKM, the Link Between Heart Health, Diabetes and Kidney Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"
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And they\u2019re increasingly common. Here\u2019s what to know about the shared risk factors for these diseases.<\/p>\n

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Heart disease, diabetes and kidney disease are among the most common chronic illnesses in the United States \u2014 and they\u2019re all closely connected.<\/p>\n

Adults with diabetes are twice<\/a> as likely to have heart disease or a stroke compared with those who don\u2019t have diabetes. People with diabetes \u2014 Type 1 and Type 2 \u2014 are also at risk<\/a> of developing kidney disease. And when the kidneys don\u2019t work well, a person\u2019s heart has to work even harder to pump blood to them, which can then lead to heart disease.<\/p>\n

The three illnesses overlap so much that last year the American Heart Association coined the term cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome<\/a> to describe patients who have two or more of these diseases, or are at risk of developing them. A new study<\/a> suggests that nearly 90 percent of American adults already show some early signs of these connected conditions.<\/p>\n

While only 15 percent of Americans meet the criteria for advanced stages of C.K.M. syndrome, meaning they have been diagnosed with diabetes, heart disease or kidney disease or are at high risk of developing them, the numbers are still \u201castronomically higher than expected\u201d said Dr. Rahul Aggarwal, a cardiology fellow at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital in Boston and co-author of the study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The research suggests that people should pay attention to shared risk factors for these diseases early on \u2014 including excess body fat, uncontrolled blood sugar, high blood pressure and high cholesterol or triglyceride levels.<\/p>\n