Associations of kidney disease measures with mortality and end-stage renal disease in individuals with and without diabetes: a meta-analysis

CS Fox, K Matsushita, M Woodward, HJG Bilo… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Chronic kidney disease is characterised by low estimated glomerular filtration
rate (eGFR) and high albuminuria, and is associated with adverse outcomes. Whether these …

Prevalence and burden of chronic kidney disease among the general population and high-risk groups in Africa: a systematic review

S Abd ElHafeez, D Bolignano, G D'Arrigo… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives While increasing attention is paid to the rising prevalence of chronic diseases in
Africa, there is little focus on chronic kidney disease (CKD). This systematic review assesses …

Logistic regression was as good as machine learning for predicting major chronic diseases

S Nusinovici, YC Tham, MYC Yan, DSW Ting… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the performance of machine learning (ML) algorithms and to compare
them with logistic regression for the prediction of risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) …

Worldwide epidemiology of diabetes-related end-stage renal disease, 2000–2015

HT Cheng, X Xu, PS Lim, KY Hung - Diabetes Care, 2021 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE The annual risk among patients with diabetes of reaching end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) is largely unknown worldwide. This study aimed to compare the incidence …

KDIGO clinical practice guideline on the evaluation and care of living kidney donors

KL Lentine, BL Kasiske, AS Levey, PL Adams… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The 2017 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice
Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors is intended to assist medical …

Trends in prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the United States

D Murphy, CE McCulloch, F Lin, T Banerjee… - Annals of internal …, 2016 - acpjournals.org
Background: Trends in the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are important for
health care policy and planning. Objective: To update trends in CKD prevalence. Design …

[HTML][HTML] The contribution of chronic kidney disease to the global burden of major noncommunicable diseases

WG Couser, G Remuzzi, S Mendis, M Tonelli - Kidney international, 2011 - Elsevier
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the most common causes of premature death and
morbidity and have a major impact on health-care costs, productivity, and growth …

Healthy dietary patterns and incidence of CKD: a meta-analysis of cohort studies

KE Bach, JT Kelly, SC Palmer, S Khalesi… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Results Eighteen prospective cohort studies involving 630,108 adults (no children) with a
mean follow-up of 10.4±7.4 years were eligible for analysis. Included studies had an overall …

New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

A Köttgen, C Pattaro, CA Böger, C Fuchsberger… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant public health problem, and recent genetic
studies have identified common CKD susceptibility variants. The CKDGen consortium …

GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment

CA Rietveld, SE Medland, J Derringer, J Yang, T Esko… - science, 2013 - science.org
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment was conducted in a
discovery sample of 101,069 individuals and a replication sample of 25,490. Three …