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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease among the high risk population in South-Western Ghana; a cross sectional study

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Title
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease among the high risk population in South-Western Ghana; a cross sectional study
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Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40697-015-0076-3
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Richard KD Ephraim, Sylvester Biekpe, Samuel A. Sakyi, Prince Adoba, Hope Agbodjakey, Enoch O. Antoh

Abstract

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a major global health problem. CKD is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus and hypertension and carries a risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and progression to end-stage kidney disease. This study sought to use the 2012 Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) definitions to establish the prevalence and risk factors for CKD among a high risk population in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. Cross sectional study. Effia-Nkwanta regional and the Takoradi Government hospitals in South Western Ghana. Two hundred eight consecutive adults with diabetes, hypertension or both. Serum creatinine and urine albumin-creatinine ratio respectively. The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) was used to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR). CKD was classified according to KDIGO. The prevalence of CKD was 30 %: 27 % in patients with diabetes, 22 % in patients with hypertension only and 74 % in patients with both diabetes and hypertension. GFR category G3a CKD was most prevalent stage (9 %). Albuminuria was highest among people with diabetes (39 %). A convenience sample of patients attending clinics. CKD was prevalent in these high-risk patients.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Ghana 1 <1%
Unknown 151 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 35 23%
Student > Master 26 17%
Student > Postgraduate 10 7%
Researcher 9 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 6%
Other 19 13%
Unknown 44 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 43 28%
Nursing and Health Professions 25 16%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 13 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 3%
Other 19 13%
Unknown 42 28%
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