Chronic kidney disease awareness and its determinants in middle-aged and older Japanese adults: Observations from a 5-year follow-up of the Uonuma cohort study.

Keiko KabasawaYumi ItoNoriaki IinoKazutoshi NakamuraNorie SawadaShoichiro TsuganeJunta TanakaIchiei Narita

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

Our findings suggest that known lifestyle-related diseases that could cause CKD are not associated with CKD awareness independently of kidney function and that a sex-dependent approach may help to raise CKD awareness in community-dwelling Japanese adults.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
community dwelling
end stage renal disease
physical activity
weight loss
cardiovascular disease