Introduction:

Chronic kidney disease expressed by decreased glomerular filtration rate is associated with high risk of cardiovascular disease and great progression of kidney damage. This filtration is highly recommended as an available and inexpensive method to assess cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients.

Objective:

To assess kidney damage and cardiovascular disease in hypertensive patients at Managua Polyclinic.

Method:

This research included 1037 hypertensive patients. Glomerular filtration was calculated according to the Modification Diet Renal Disease Study. Demographic variables, vascular risk factors, and the presence of cardiovascular disease were studied. The decreased glomerular filtration was defined for <60 thousand/min/1.73m2.

Results:

28.5% of the studied patients showed decreased glomerular filtration, higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease than those without kidney damage (53.4% ​​vs. 33.9%; OR 2.19 95% CI 1.51-2, 82; p <0.001).

Conclusions:

This study showed that chronic kidney disease is associated with high prevalence of cardiovascular disease, which establishes higher cardiovascular risk factor.

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