What Is CKM Syndrome?
Quick Facts
- CKM syndrome focuses on how conditions are connected.
- It can help identify risk earlier.
- Coordinated care can support better outcomes.
Understanding CKM Syndrome
CKM syndrome describes how heart, kidney and metabolic health (how the body creates, stores, and uses energy) conditions can develop over time due to poor CKM health. CKM syndrome includes heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and obesity. While these might seem like separate issues, they’re actually closely connected. When one system is affected, it can make the others worse, creating a cycle that puts your health at serious risk.
A healthcare professional can help you understand how heart, kidney and metabolic conditions can develop over time and how they are connected to the choices you make in health today.
Instead of looking at each condition separately, this framework looks at the bigger picture, helping guide more connected and supportive care.
Myth vs Fact: Understanding How Your Body is Coneected (PDF)
Why Healthcare Professionals Use the CKM Syndrome Framework
This approach helps healthcare professionals see patterns and better understand how different health factors work together. It can help guide care that looks at the whole person, not just one condition that is specific to you.
Talking With a Healthcare Professional About CKM Syndrome (PDF)
View and print: Questions to Ask at a Healthcare Visit (PDF)
