People With CKD May Have Same Risk For CHD As Those Who Have Had Heart Attack.

HealthDay  (6/20, Preidt) reports, "People with chronic kidney disease may have the same level of risk for coronary heart disease as people who have previously had a heart attack," according to a study published in The Lancet. Investigators "compared the incidence of heart attacks and death among 1.3 million people in Canada with chronic kidney disease, diabetes, previous heart attack or a combination of these risk factors." The researchers found that "the risk of heart attack among people with chronic kidney disease, diabetes or both was comparable to that of people who previously had a heart attack."

        Forbes  (6/20, Husten) reports that the study authors wrote that CKD should "be added to the list of criteria defining people at highest risk of future coronary events."