African American Kidneys

Black populations have much higher rates of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and heart disease... all of which increases the risk for kidney disease.

Why Black Americans are at higher risk of chronic kidney disease

The Black community faces a higher risk of chronic kidney disease. This can be due to genetics, higher rates of hypertension and diabetes, and socioeconomic ...

What's behind racial disparities in kidney disease? - Harvard Health

Kidney disease requiring dialysis or transplant is far more common among African Americans than among white Americans, but genetics and ...

New Insights on Kidney Disease in African Americans Could Lead to ...

Duke Health researchers have detailed how two common gene variants among African Americans can cause kidney failure.

Why is kidney disease risk higher for Black people? - UCHealth Today

Why is chronic kidney disease risk higher for Black people? Kidney disease risk is far higher for African Americans than for other groups. The ...

Race, Ethnicity, & Kidney Disease | National Kidney Foundation

If you are Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American, Pacific Islander, American Indian, or Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian or Other ...

Race/ethnicity – Kidney disease risk factors

More than 1 in 3 kidney failure patients living in the United States are African American. Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney failure.

Testing kidney function with race-free values offers a better health ...

Black/African Americans have a higher rate of chronic kidney disease than their white counterparts. They are more than three times as likely ...

Kidney Disease Among African Americans: A Population Perspective

African Americans are 3 times more likely to require renal replacement therapy then their non-Hispanic white counterparts.

Hypertensive chronic kidney disease in African Americans

African Americans have a disproportionate burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD), which tends to have an earlier onset and a more rapid progression in this ...

The Facts: Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in Black Americans

Black Americans are at increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and kidney failure.

African Americans & Health: Focus on Chronic Kidney Disease (Part ...

Although African Americans constitute 13% of the population, they suffer more than triple the rate of kidney failure of Caucasians.

Kidney disease in African American people: Risk factors and causes

African American people are especially vulnerable to kidney disease from high blood pressure and diabetes. They are twice as likely as white ...

Despite high demand, kidneys donated by Black Americans ... - CNN

Kidneys from Black donors in the US are more likely to be thrown away as a result of a flawed system that erroneously considers all Black donor kidneys as more ...

A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting kidney ...

Thousands of Black kidney patients who were wrongly placed low on the priority list for an organ transplant because of a biased test are now ...

A racially biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a ...

Of the roughly 89,000 people currently on the waiting list for a new kidney, about 30% are Black. Race isn't a biological factor like age, sex ...

Study Looks at APOLO1 and Kidney Disease in Black People

A version of a gene called APOL1 may help explain why Black Americans experience kidney failure at four times the rate of other ethnic ...

African origins and chronic kidney disease susceptibility in the ...

There are striking ethnic differences in the prevalence of CKD such that, in the United States, African Americans have the highest prevalence of CKD, four times ...

Change addressing disparity for black kidney patients takes effect

Black patients disadvantaged by a race-based measure of kidney health will now be eligible to receive modifications to their waiting time, ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the United States - Race/Ethnicity

African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians are at high risk for developing kidney failure. This risk is because of high rates of diabetes and high ...