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      Prevalence of risk factors for chronic kidney disease among adults in a university community in southern Nigeria.

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          The rising prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains a global public health challenge particularly in developing countries, including our local environment, where subjects with the disease present late and may already be in need of renal replacement therapy. Early detection of modifiable risk factors of CKD is a plausible strategy to reduce its prevalence and burden. The 2014 World Kidney Day (WKD) exercise provided a veritable opportunity to identify CKD risk factors among adult Nigerians for early intervention.

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            Prediction of creatinine clearance from serum creatinine.

            A formula has been developed to predict creatinine clearance (Ccr) from serum creatinine (Scr) in adult males: (see article)(15% less in females). Derivation included the relationship found between age and 24-hour creatinine excretion/kg in 249 patients aged 18-92. Values for Ccr were predicted by this formula and four other methods and the results compared with the means of two 24-hour Ccr's measured in 236 patients. The above formula gave a correlation coefficient between predicted and mean measured Ccr's of 0.83; on average, the difference predicted and mean measured values was no greater than that between paired clearances. Factors for age and body weight must be included for reasonable prediction.
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              Chronic kidney disease in the developing world.

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                Journal
                Pan Afr Med J
                The Pan African medical journal
                Pan African Medical Journal
                1937-8688
                2015
                : 21
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria ; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
                Article
                PAMJ-21-120
                10.11604/pamj.2015.21.120.7079
                4546729
                26327957
                a5868a64-d8c9-45a3-ac7a-0b39bcf9741a
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                Chronic kidney disease (CKD),risk factors,prevention

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