Chronic care conditions are part of a leading factor that contribute...BD
A growing number of Americans have chronic kidney disease, but most remain unaware of it, hampering efforts to prevent irreversible kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"Increases in diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and the aging U.S. population explain at least some of the increase," says co-author Paul W. Eggers, Ph.D., director of kidney disease epidemiology at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the NIH. "We don't know what may be responsible for the rest."
Most People With Chronic Kidney Disease Remain Unaware Of Their Condition
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