Risk factors for progression of chronic kidney disease: An investigation in prepubertal children.

Gertruida van Biljon Cornelius J Meintjes Piet J Bekker Victor O L Karusseit

Published in: Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) (2023)

Common modifiable risk factors, when present at initial evaluation, were not independently associated with CKD progression to kidney failure in prepubertal children. Only non-modifiable risk factors and proteinuria predicted eventual stage 5 disease. The physiological changes of puberty may be the major precipitator of kidney failure during adolescence.

Keyphrases

risk factors
chronic kidney disease
young adults
end stage renal disease
depressive symptoms
growth hormone