Reducing major risk factors for chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health concern and a key determinant of poor health outcomes. While the burden of CKD is reasonably well defined in developed countries, increasing evidence indicates that the CKD burden may be even greater in developing countries. Diabetes, hypertension, and obesity are major contributors to the global burden of the disease and are important traditional CKD risk factors; however, nontraditional CKD risk factors such as nephrotoxin exposure, kidney stones, fetal and maternal factors, infections, environmental factors, and acute kidney injury are also increasingly being recognized as major threats to global kidney health.

Source: Kidney International Supplements - September 20, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Valerie A. Luyckx, Katherine R. Tuttle, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Mohammed Benghanem Gharbi, Hiddo J.L. Heerspink, David W. Johnson, Zhi-Hong Liu, Ziad A. Massy, Orson Moe, Robert G. Nelson, Laura Sola, David C. Wheeler, Sarah L. White Tags: Review Source Type: research