Clinical Study Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes and Coexistence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Risk in the Population of the Republic of Moldova
| Title: | Clinical Study Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes and Coexistence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Risk in the Population of the Republic of Moldova |
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| Authors: | Igor Codreanu; Vera Sali; Sergiu Gaibu; Luminita Suveica; Sergiu Popa; Norberto Perico; Bogdan Ene-Iordache; Sergio Carminati; John Feehally; Giuseppe Remuzzi |
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| Source: | http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ijhy/2012/951734.pdf. |
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| Description: | In 2005, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) established the Global Outreach Program (GO) aimed at building a capacity for detecting and managing chronic kidney disease and its complications in low-and middle-income countries. Here we report data from the 2006-2007 screening program (1025 subjects from the general population) in the Republic of Moldova aimed to determine the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and their coexistence with microalbuminuria. The likelihood of a serious cardiovascular (CV) event was also estimated. Hypertension and diabetes were very common among screened subjects. The prevalence of microalbuminuria was 16.9% and that of estimated GFR |
| Document Type: | text |
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| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1062.5883; http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ijhy/2012/951734.pdf |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1062.5883; http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ijhy/2012/951734.pdf |
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| Accession Number: | edsbas.A6F6CC6 |
| Database: | BASE |