Disease susceptibility and risk of dementia in patients with chronic kidney disease: a prospective cohort study based on UK Biobank
4 affiliations
- 1Department of Nephrology and Institute of Kidney Diseases, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- 2West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- 3Department of Neurosurgery, The Second People’s Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet, China
- 4Center of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Abstract
Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face an elevated risk of dementia, but multidomain determinants remain poorly defined.
Aim: To identify modifiable psychosocial, lifestyle, and clinical factors associated with dementia risk in CKD and to examine subgroup-specific differences.
Methods: We prospectively analyzed 16 083 CKD participants from the UK Biobank. A wide range of lifestyle, medical, social, electronic device use, environmental, and sensory factors were assessed. Cox proportional hazards models with inverse probability weighting (IPW) were applied, complemented by accelerated failure time models, phosphate-adjusted sensitivity analyses, Fine-Gray competing-risk models with death treated as a competing event, and model diagnostics. Stratified analyses were conducted by age, sex, kidney failure status, and genetic susceptibility in the genetic subcohort.
Results: Over a mean follow-up of 13.80 years, 806 dementia cases were identified. In nominal analyses, higher physical activity, greater educational attainment, and moderate computer use were associated with lower dementia risk, whereas hypertension, diabetes, depression, hearing loss, and limited social engagement were associated with higher risk. After FDR adjustment, moderate physical activity and moderate computer use remained associated with lower dementia risk, whereas hypertension, diabetes, depression, hearing loss, and lower leisure/social activity remained associated with higher risk. No nominally significant associations were detected for body mass index, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, air pollution exposure, or visual impairment in this CKD cohort. Exploratory subgroup analyses, based on nominal P values, suggested that associations may differ by kidney function and genetic susceptibility.
Conclusions: These findings support multidomain and individualized dementia-prevention strategies in CKD, while recognizing the need for further studies with non-CKD comparators and external validation.
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Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-026-05212-w.
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BibTeX
@article{huang2026disease,
title = {{Disease susceptibility and risk of dementia in patients with chronic kidney disease: a prospective cohort study based on UK Biobank}},
author = {Lexi Huang and Linlin Pei and Chunyang Li and Nongbu Cili and Huazhen Yang and Dunzhu Gesang and Huan Song and Ping Fu and Xiaoxi Zeng},
journal = {BMC Neurology},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.1186/s12883-026-05212-w},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-026-05212-w},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Disease susceptibility and risk of dementia in patients with chronic kidney disease: a prospective cohort study based on UK Biobank
AU - Lexi Huang
AU - Linlin Pei
AU - Chunyang Li
AU - Nongbu Cili
AU - Huazhen Yang
AU - Dunzhu Gesang
AU - Huan Song
AU - Ping Fu
AU - Xiaoxi Zeng
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/10
JO - BMC Neurology
DO - 10.1186/s12883-026-05212-w
UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-026-05212-w
AB - Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face an elevated risk of dementia, but multidomain determinants remain poorly defined. Aim: To identify modifiable psychosocial, lifestyle, and clinical factors associated with dementia risk in CKD and to examine subgroup-specific differences. Methods: We prospectively analyzed 16 083 CKD participants from the UK Biobank. A wide range of lifestyle, medical, social, electronic device use, environmental, and sensory factors were assessed. Cox proportional hazards models with inverse probability weighting (IPW) were applied, complemented by accelerated failure time models, phosphate-adjusted sensitivity analyses, Fine-Gray competing-risk models with death treated as a competing event, and model diagnostics. Stratified analyses were conducted by age, sex, kidney failure status, and genetic susceptibility in the genetic subcohort. Results: Over a mean follow-up of 13.80 years, 806 dementia cases were identified. In nominal analyses, higher physical activity, greater educational attainment, and moderate computer use were associated with lower dementia risk, whereas hypertension, diabetes, depression, hearing loss, and limited social engagement were associated with higher risk. After FDR adjustment, moderate physical activity and moderate computer use remained associated with lower dementia risk, whereas hypertension, diabetes, depression, hearing loss, and lower leisure/social activity remained associated with higher risk. No nominally significant associations were detected for body mass index, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, air pollution exposure, or visual impairment in this CKD cohort. Exploratory subgroup analyses, based on nominal P values, suggested that associations may differ by kidney function and genetic susceptibility. Conclusions: These findings support multidomain and individualized dementia-prevention strategies in CKD, while recognizing the need for further studies with non-CKD comparators and external validation. Graphical Abstract: Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-026-05212-w.
SN - 1471-2377
ER -