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Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (SEEK-Saudi investigators) : a pilot study
Joint Authors
Musa, Dujana H.
Faraj, Yusuf M. K.
Housawi, Abd Al-Rahman
Mittal, Bharati V.
Singh, Ajay K.
al-Suwayda, Abd al-Karim Umar
al-Hujayli, Fayiz F.
al-Sayyari, Abd Allah A.
al-Harbi, Ali
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 21, Issue 6 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1066-1072, 7 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
2010-12-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
There are no available data about the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its risk factors in the general population of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
To estimate the prevalence of CKD and its associated risk factors in the Saudi population, we conducted a pilot community-based screening program in commercial centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Candidates were interviewed and blood and urine samples were collected.
Participants were categorized to their CKD stage according to their estimated Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD3)-based, the new Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation and the presence of albuminuria.
The sample comprised 491 (49.9% were males) adult Saudi nationals.
The mean age was 37.4 ± 11.3 years.
The overall prevalence of CKD was 5.7% and 5.3% using the MDRD-3 and CKD-EPI glomerular filtration equations, respectively.
Gender, age, smoking status, body mass index, hypertension and diabetes mellitus were not significant predictors of CKD in our cohort.
However, CKD was significantly higher in the older age groups, higher serum glucose, waist/hip ratio and blood pressure.
Only 7.1% of the CKD patients were aware of their CKD status, while 32.1% were told that they had protein or blood in their urine and 10.7% had known kidney stones in the past.
We conclude that prevalence of CKD in the young Saudi population is around 5.7%.
Our pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of screening for CKD.
Screening of high-risk individuals is likely to be the most cost-effective strategy to detect CKD patients.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Suwayda, Abd al-Karim Umar& Faraj, Yusuf M. K.& al-Sayyari, Abd Allah A.& Musa, Dujana H.& al-Hujayli, Fayiz F.& al-Harbi, Ali…[et al.]. 2010. Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (SEEK-Saudi investigators) : a pilot study. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 21, no. 6, pp.1066-1072.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Suwayda, Abd al-Karim Umar…[et al.]. Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (SEEK-Saudi investigators) : a pilot study. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 21, no. 6 (Dec. 2010), pp.1066-1072.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-223220
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Suwayda, Abd al-Karim Umar& Faraj, Yusuf M. K.& al-Sayyari, Abd Allah A.& Musa, Dujana H.& al-Hujayli, Fayiz F.& al-Harbi, Ali…[et al.]. Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (SEEK-Saudi investigators) : a pilot study. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2010. Vol. 21, no. 6, pp.1066-1072.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-223220
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 1072
Record ID
BIM-223220