Kidney damage and associated risk factors in rural and urban sub-Saharan Africa (AWI-Gen): a cross-sectional population study

• Main Authors: Jaya A George, PhD (Author), Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, PhD (Author), June Fabian, MD (Author), Nigel J Crowther, ProfPhD (Author), Godfred Agongo, MPhil (Author), Marianne Alberts, ProfPhD (Author), Stuart Ali, PhD (Author), Gershim Asiki, PhD (Author), Palwende R Boua, MSc (Author), F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, PhD (Author), Felistas Mashinya, PhD (Author), Lisa Micklesfield, PhD (Author), Shukri F Mohamed, MPH (Author), Freedom Mukomana, MSc (Author), Shane A Norris, ProfPhD (Author), Abraham R Oduro, MBChB (Author), Cassandra Soo, MSc (Author), Hermann Sorgho, PhD (Author), Alisha Wade, DPhil (Author), Saraladevi Naicker, ProfPhD (Author), Michèle Ramsay, ProfPhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Rapid epidemiological health transitions occurring in vulnerable populations in Africa that have an existing burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases predict an increased risk and consequent prevalence of kidney disease. However, few studies have characterised the true...