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World Kidney Day --- March 8, 2007
March 8 marks the second observance of World Kidney
Day, which was established by the International Federation
of Kidney Foundations to increase awareness of kidney disease and educate persons at risk regarding the importance of
prevention and early detection. During 1988--1994, an estimated 20 million persons in the United States had chronic
kidney disease (CKD) (1). CKD is caused primarily by diabetes and high blood pressure
(2), and persons with a family history of kidney disease also are at risk
(3). In addition, persons with CKD are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease and are
more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than progress to kidney failure
(4).
Throughout March (National Kidney Month),
MMWR will publish reports related to CKD and its complications.
Additional information regarding kidney disease is available from the National Institutes of Health at
http://www.nkdep.nih.gov. Information regarding World Kidney Day activities is available from the National
Kidney Foundation at http://www.kidney.org.
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population: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination
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Nelson RG, Knowler WC, Pettitt DJ, Bennett PH. Kidney diseases in diabetes. In: Diabetes in
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MP, Boyko EJ, Reiber GE, Bennett PH, eds. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services,
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Obrador GT, Pereira BJ, Kausz AT. Chronic kidney disease in the United States: an underrecognized problem. Semin Nephrol 2002;22:441--8.
Collins AJ, Li S, Gilbertson DT, Liu J, Chen SC, Herzog CA. Chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease in the Medicare population.
Kidney Int Suppl 2003;87:S24--31.
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