Large study links dementia to poor kidney function
Older people with kidney disease have a higher risk of dementia, and the risk increases with the rate and stage of kidney function decline. That is according to a large observational study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal Neurology. The findings stress the significance of screening and monitoring for dementia in persons with kidney disease, the researchers say.“Our study underscores the importance of low kidney function as a possible under-recognized risk factor for dementia,” says co-author Juan Jesus Carrero, professor at the Department of