Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Associated Risk Factors — United States, 1999–2004

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a serious condition associated with premature mortality, decreased quality of life, and increased health-care expenditures. Untreated CKD can result in end-stage renal disease and necessitate dialysis or kidney transplantation. Risk factors for CKD include cardiovascu...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2007-03, Vol.56 (8), p.161-165
Main Authors: Saydah, S, Eberhardt, M, Rios-Burrows, N, Williams, D, Geiss, L, Dorsey, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Albuminuria
Americans
Cardiovascular diseases
Care and treatment
Causes of
Chronic Disease
Diabetes
Diabetic nephropathies
Female
Glomerular filtration rate
Health aspects
Humans
Hypertension
Kidney diseases
Kidney Diseases - epidemiology
Kidneys
Male
Middle Aged
Nutrition Surveys
Patient assessment
Predisposing factors
Prevalence
Risk Factors
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a serious condition associated with premature mortality, decreased quality of life, and increased health-care expenditures. Untreated CKD can result in end-stage renal disease and necessitate dialysis or kidney transplantation. Risk factors for CKD include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. To estimate the prevalence of CKD in the United States (overall and by health risk factors and other characteristics), CDC analyzed the most recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which determined that 16.8% of the U.S. population aged >/=20 years had CKD, according to 1999-2004 NHANES data, compared with 14.5% from the 1988-1994 NHANES (i.e., NHANES III), an increase of 15.9% based on crude estimates of prevalence. Persons with diabetes or cardiovascular disease had a greater prevalence of CKD than persons without those conditions. The results underscore the need to continue surveillance for CKD and its risk factors in the United States and to implement new strategies to reduce the number of persons with this condition.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X