Significant disparities in CKD rates and outcomes exist between black and white Americans.
Health disparities are defined as health differences that adversely affect disadvantaged …

CKD is a national public health problem that afflicts persons of all segments of society.
Although racial/ethnic disparities in advanced CKD including dialysis-dependent …

Background: Studies on the effect of air pollutions on kidney diseases are still limited.
Objective: We aimed to investigate the associations between particulate matter (PM) …

Background Socioeconomic status (SES) has long been conjectured to be associated with
the incidence and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD), but few studies have …

BACKGROUND: Low socioeconomic status (SES) and African American race are both
independently associated with end-stage renal disease and progressive chronic kidney …

The increased burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in disadvantaged populations is due
to both global factors and population-specific issues. Low socioeconomic status and poor …

Background: The relation of food insecurity (inability to acquire nutritionally adequate and
safe foods) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unknown. We examined whether food …

African Americans face higher risk of AKI than Caucasians. The extent to which this
increased risk is because of differences in clinical, socioeconomic, or genetic risk factors is …

Context Evidence on the strength of the association between low SES and chronic kidney
disease (CKD; measured by low estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR], high …

The prevalence of CKD has increased considerably over the past 2 decades. The rising
rates of CKD have been attributed to known comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension …