BMC Nephrology

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Age-related associations of hypertension and diabetes mellitus with chronic kidney disease

Tareq M Islam1, Caroline S Fox2,3, Devin Mann4 and Paul Muntner5*

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

2 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA

3 Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

4 Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA

5 Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

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BMC Nephrology 2009, 10:17 doi:10.1186/1471-2369-10-17

Published: 30 June 2009

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Demographic characteristics and cardiovascular disease risk factors among NHANES 1999–2004 participants with and without stage 3–4 chronic kidney disease by age grouping. The data provided represent the cardiovascular risk factors for young, middle aged, and older adults with and without chronic kidney disease.

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Prevalence ratios of stage 3–4 chronic kidney disease associated with selected risk factors by age group. The data provided demonstrate a stronger association between risk factors and chronic kidney disease for younger, compared with older, adults.

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Demographic characteristics and cardiovascular disease risk factors among NHANES 1999–2004 with and without albuminuria by age grouping. The data provided represent the cardiovascular risk factors for young, middle aged, and older adults with and without microalbuminuria.

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Prevalence ratios of albuminuria associated with selected risk factors by age group. The data provided demonstrate a stronger association between risk factors and microalbuminuria for younger, compared with older, adults.

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