Prevalence Studies on CKDu Need Stringent Reporting on Outcomes to Enhance Comparability.
Kristina JakobssonJason GlaserCatharina WesselingPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2020)
Prevalence studies on Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) need stringent reporting on outcomes following existing guidelines. Only by doing so, the much-needed comparisons between occupations, regions and climates for the elucidation of the etiology/etiologies of CKDu, and subsequently for its prevention, are possible. We, here, comment on methodological issues in a recently published study on rice farmers from West Java, Indonesia.