Progression of chronic kidney disease among black patients attending a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health issue worldwide and is an important contributor to the overall non-communicable disease burden. Chronic kidney disease is usually asymptomatic, and insidiously and silently progresses to advanced stages in resource limited settings. A prospective...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 18; no. 2; p. e0276356
Main Authors:	Meremo, Alfred, Paget, Graham, Duarte, Raquel, Bintabara, Deogratius, Naicker, Saraladevi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 13.02.2023 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Aged Ambulatory Care Facilities - statistics & numerical data Analysis Anemia Autoimmune diseases Biology and Life Sciences Black People - statistics & numerical data Blacks Blood pressure Body mass index Cardiovascular diseases Care and treatment Chronic kidney failure Clinics Communicable diseases Creatinine Data collection Developing countries Development and progression Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology Disease Progression Distribution Ethics Ethnicity Glomerular Filtration Rate Glycated Hemoglobin Health aspects Hemoglobin Hospitals Humans Hypertension Hypertension - epidemiology Hypocalcemia Hypocalcemia - epidemiology Hyponatremia Kidney diseases Kidneys LDCs Longitudinal Studies Medical research Medicine and Health Sciences Medicine, Experimental Middle Aged Outpatient care facilities Patients Prevention Prospective Studies Proteinuria Proteinuria - epidemiology Public health Regression analysis Remission Remission (Medicine) Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - complications Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - epidemiology Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - ethnology Risk Factors Smoking South Africa - epidemiology Tertiary Tertiary Care Centers - statistics & numerical data South Africa United Kingdom Sub-Saharan Africa Johannesburg South Africa
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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