Risk Factors for Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease in a Hospital in the City of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacán, Mexico

Abstract

Objectives: To determine risk factors in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Methods: Observational, cross-sectional and retrospective study. Non-probabilistic sample, using the finite population formula, obtaining a total of 100 participants, members of the Mexican Social Security Institute at the General Hospital with Family Medicine  No. 12 in Lazaro Cardenas Michoacan, Mexico, participants   with stage 5 CkD were selected to participate in the study  from April to October 2023. The data collection instrument included sociodemographic characteristics and clinical risk factors. The patients' medical records were also reviewed. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data, χ² to determine the degree of association between the variables. Results: 100 patients with an average age of 60 + 11 years, male sex predominated (53%), primary education, married, housewife, normal BMI. Regarding clinical risk factors: Type 2 Diabetes (85% p = 0.049) and Systemic Arterial Hypertension (81% p = 0.016) were significantly associated with CKD. Conclusions: Metabolic diseases were an important factor for CKD as well as vascular diseases, so prevention and timely diagnosis are required.