Richard Johnson, MD discusses how metabolic syndrome connects to kidney disease. A significant percentage of chronic kidney disease patients have metabolic syndrome, and progression to diabetes and hypertension are two of the most common causes of end-stage kidney disease.
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From a nephrology perspective, you know, when do you see that metabolic syndrome starts having an effect on the kidneys? And what effect do you see, you know, on those kinds of patients?
Well, metabolic syndrome is associated with very early evidence of kidney disease in a very significant percentage. So it's part. Actually, it's sort of part of the syndrome. And maybe I'll just point that out in my talk, since you're bringing it up. But yes, it occurs early in metabolic syndrome. Chronic kidney disease correlates. The highest percentage of patients with chronic kidney disease actually are people with metabolic syndrome. And then when it progresses to diabetes and hypertension, those are two of the most common causes of kidney failure or end stage kidney disease.