Genetic and Developmental Factors in Chronic Kidney Disease Hotspots

Summary: Chronic kidney disease increasingly is being recognized as an important global public health problem. Interindividual susceptibility to kidney disease is high and likely is dependent on risk modulation through genetics, fetal and early childhood development, environmental circumstances, and comorbidities. Traditionally, the chronic kidney disease burden has been ascribed largely to hypertension and diabetes. Increasingly, evidence is accumulating that nontraditional risk factors may predominate in some regions and populations, contributing to epidemics of kidney disease.
Source: Seminars in Nephrology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Source Type: research