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 ...

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 ...

African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension Study ...

The African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension study (AASK Trial) was a multi-center, randomized clinical trial that investigated ...

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.

Hypertension-misattributed kidney disease in African Americans

The cases were African Americans recruited throughout the United States, between the ages of 18 and 70 years with diastolic blood pressure higher than 95 mm Hg ...

African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension - AASK

African American patients with hypertensive renal disease have a high rate of progression to worsening renal function, ESRD, or death ( ...

Hypertension Control in African-American Patients with Chronic ...

The risks of renal and cardiovascular disease — conditions that are often associated with long-standing hypertension — are far higher among people of African- ...

Race, Ethnicity, & Kidney Disease | National Kidney Foundation

High blood pressure strikes more than 1 out of 3 Blacks or African Americans, one of the highest rates in the world. Nearly 1 in 4 Hispanics or Lations has ...

Hypertensive chronic kidney disease in African Americans

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Race/ethnicity – Kidney disease risk factors

African Americans are six times more likely to get kidney failure from their high blood pressure than whites. Almost 1 in 5 African Americans is ...

Hypertensive nephrosclerosis in African Americans

In their analysis, African Americans had worse renal function at the time of biopsy; that is, their creatinines were 4.0 to 5.0mg/dL, whereas in whites, ...

Hypertensive CKD in African Americans progresses despite treatment

Appel et al. have determined that in most African Americans with CKD and hypertension, CKD progresses even when treated according to current guidelines—only ...

Chronic kidney disease in African Americans: Puzzle pieces are ...

African Americans constitute about 12% of the US population but account for: 31% of end-stage renal disease. 34% of the kidney transplant ...

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 ...

Cigarette Smoking and Chronic Kidney Disease in African ...

This disparity has been attributed to higher rates of hypertension and diabetes in African Americans compared with white Americans, but it ...

Kidney disease in the first-degree relatives of African-Americans ...

The incidence of treated end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States is four times more frequent in African-Americans (AAs) than in whites.

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 ...

Black Kidney Health Matters

33% of American adults are at risk for kidney disease (yes, one in three people), and if you are Black or African American, you are more than 3 times as ...

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

High blood pressure can also contribute to hypertensive nephrosclerosis—scarring the glomeruli and diminishing their functionality. Genetic ...

Predicting chronic responses to calcium channel blockade with a ...

However, there are few long-term clinical studies that determine the impact of CCBs in patients with hypertensive CKD. African Americans (AA) ...