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Chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular risk in six regions of the world (ISN-KDDC): A cross-sectional study

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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease was high in general and high-risk populations from countries of low and middle income, and awareness of Chronic kidney disease and other non-communicable diseases was low, and a substantial number of individuals who knew they were ill did not receive treatment.
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This article is published in The Lancet Global Health.The article was published on 2016-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 342 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Kidney disease & Framingham Risk Score.

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Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Theo Vos, +2419 more
- 17 Oct 2020 - 
TL;DR: Global health has steadily improved over the past 30 years as measured by age-standardised DALY rates, and there has been a marked shift towards a greater proportion of burden due to YLDs from non-communicable diseases and injuries.
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Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Boris Bikbov, +221 more
- 29 Feb 2020 - 
TL;DR: The burden of CKD was much higher than expected for the level of development, whereas the disease burden in western, eastern, and central sub-Saharan Africa, east Asia, south Asia, central and eastern Europe, Australasia, and western Europe was lower than expected.
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A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals

TL;DR: Pathway and enrichment analyses, including mouse models with renal phenotypes, support the kidney as the main target organ and provide a comprehensive priority list of molecular targets for translational research.
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The Global Epidemiology of Diabetes and Kidney Disease

TL;DR: A narrative review of the prevalence and incidence of diabetes-related kidney disease worldwide and the level of awareness of this disease among people who have it is presented.
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The global burden of chronic kidney disease: estimates, variability and pitfalls

TL;DR: The strategies discussed include approaches to improve testing methodologies for more accurate assessment of GFR, to improve awareness of factors that can alter GFR readouts, and to more accurately stage CKD in certain populations, including the elderly.
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Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies.

Chizuru Nishida
- 10 Jan 2004 - 
TL;DR: The proportion of Asian people with a high risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease is substantial at BMIs lower than the existing WHO cut-off point for overweight (> or =25 kg/m2), but available data do not necessarily indicate a clear BMI cut-offs point for all Asians for overweight or obesity.
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General Cardiovascular Risk Profile for Use in Primary Care The Framingham Heart Study

TL;DR: A sex-specific multivariable risk factor algorithm can be conveniently used to assess general CVD risk and risk of individual CVD events (coronary, cerebrovascular, and peripheral arterial disease and heart failure) and can be used to quantify risk and to guide preventive care.
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