Regional Variation of Chronic Kidney Disease in Germany: Results From Two Population-Based Surveys

Regional Variation of Chronic Kidney Disease in Germany: Results From Two Population-Based Surveys

Background/Aims: Due to the increasing prevalence of risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD), kidney dysfunction becomes a major public health problem. We investigated the CKD prevalence and determined to what extent the variation of risk factors explains the different CKD prevalence in German...

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Main Authors: Nicole Aumann, Sebastian E. Baumeister, Rainer Rettig, Wolfgang Lieb, André Werner, Angela Döring, Annette Peters, Wolfgang Koenig, Anke Hannemann, Henri Wallaschofski, Matthias Nauck, Sylvia Stracke, Henry Völzke, Christa Meisinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2015-05-01
Series:Kidney & Blood Pressure Research
Subjects:
Albuminuria
Chronic kidney disease
Cohort study
Creatinine
Cystatin C
eGFR
Prevalence
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