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Racial differences in the incidence and progression of renal diseases.

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Smith, SR; Svetkey, LP; Dennis, VW
Published in: Kidney Int
November 1991

There is an excess incidence of ESRD treatment among non-White North Americans that is not completely explained by the racial prevalences of the underlying diseases, including hypertension, which can potentially cause renal disease. The racial difference is particularly striking for presumed nephrosclerosis from hypertension and for nephropathy from Type II diabetes, but is not yet substantiated for ESRD attributed to polycystic kidney disease or Type I diabetes. The existing data are insufficient to support the notion that poorer blood pressure control alone is responsible for the racial differences in incident ESRD. Black race (and possibly Mexican or Native American heritage) may be a specific risk factor for ESRD, independent of hypertension and its treatment.

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Kidney Int

DOI

ISSN

0085-2538

Publication Date

November 1991

Volume

40

Issue

5

Start / End Page

815 / 822

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Urology & Nephrology
  • United States
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Kidney Diseases
  • Humans
  • Black People
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Smith, S. R., Svetkey, L. P., & Dennis, V. W. (1991). Racial differences in the incidence and progression of renal diseases. Kidney Int, 40(5), 815–822. https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.1991.281
Smith, S. R., L. P. Svetkey, and V. W. Dennis. “Racial differences in the incidence and progression of renal diseases.Kidney Int 40, no. 5 (November 1991): 815–22. https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.1991.281.
Smith SR, Svetkey LP, Dennis VW. Racial differences in the incidence and progression of renal diseases. Kidney Int. 1991 Nov;40(5):815–22.
Smith, S. R., et al. “Racial differences in the incidence and progression of renal diseases.Kidney Int, vol. 40, no. 5, Nov. 1991, pp. 815–22. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/ki.1991.281.
Smith SR, Svetkey LP, Dennis VW. Racial differences in the incidence and progression of renal diseases. Kidney Int. 1991 Nov;40(5):815–822.
Journal cover image

Published In

Kidney Int

DOI

ISSN

0085-2538

Publication Date

November 1991

Volume

40

Issue

5

Start / End Page

815 / 822

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Urology & Nephrology
  • United States
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Kidney Diseases
  • Humans
  • Black People
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences