Authors
Bogdan Ene-Iordache, Norberto Perico, Boris Bikbov, Sergio Carminati, Andrea Remuzzi, Annalisa Perna, Nazmul Islam, Rodolfo Flores Bravo, Mirna Aleckovic-Halilovic, Hequn Zou, Luxia Zhang, Zaghloul Gouda, Irma Tchokhonelidze, Georgi Abraham, Mitra Mahdavi-Mazdeh, Maurizio Gallieni, Igor Codreanu, Ariunaa Togtokh, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Puru Koirala, Samyog Uprety, Ifeoma Ulasi, Giuseppe Remuzzi
Publication date
2016/5/1
Journal
The Lancet Global Health
Volume
4
Issue
5
Pages
e307-e319
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Background
Chronic kidney disease is an important cause of global mortality and morbidity. Data for epidemiological features of chronic kidney disease and its risk factors are limited for low-income and middle-income countries. The International Society of Nephrology's Kidney Disease Data Center (ISN-KDDC) aimed to assess the prevalence and awareness of chronic kidney disease and its risk factors, and to investigate the risk of cardiovascular disease, in countries of low and middle income.
Methods
We did a cross-sectional study in 12 countries from six world regions: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Egypt, Georgia, India, Iran, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, and Nigeria. We analysed data from screening programmes in these countries, matching eight general and four high-risk population cohorts collected in the ISN-KDDC database. High-risk cohorts were individuals at risk of or with a …
Scholar articles
B Ene-Iordache, N Perico, B Bikbov, S Carminati… - The Lancet Global Health, 2016