Prevalence and Predictors of Chronic Kidney Disease in a Semiurban Community in Lagos.
Innocent Ijezie ChukwuonyeKenneth Arinze OhagwuOlufemi Oladipo AdelowoAbali ChukuEmmanuel Chukwuebuka ObiUwa OnwuchekwaErnest Ndukaife AnyaboluEfosa OviasuPublished in: International journal of nephrology (2019)
The prevalence of CKD in the population is low compared with other studies from other parts of the country, and the predictors included age, hypertension, hyperuricemia, and female gender. This is the first community-based study in Nigeria to identify hyperuricemia as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease in the country.