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Did You know?
Risk factors for kidney disease
include diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, family history of CKD, and older age.
More than 1 in 7 adults in the U.S.
may have chronic kidney disease (CKD). 90% of them don’t know they have it.
Every day more than 360 people
begin treatment for kidney failure (in the form of dialysis or a kidney transplant).
About 1 in 2 adults aged 30–64
are expected to develop CKD in their lifetime.
783,000 patients require dialysis or a kidney transplant to live.
90,000 are on the wait list for a kidney transplant.
Every day 12 people die
while waiting for a kidney transplant.
Kidney disease is 30% greater in Hawaii
than the national average.
The 4 ethnic backgrounds with the highest risk in Hawaii
are Native Hawaiians, Japanese, Filipinos, and Pacific Islanders.
Some links to with useful information:
Kidney disease basics and statistics:
- National Kidney Foundation (NKF) — Kidney Disease: The Basics
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — Chronic Kidney Disease Basics
- NIDDK — Kidney Disease Statistics for the United States
Nutrition and kidney disease:
- NKF — Nutrition and Kidney Disease, Stages 1-4
- NIDDK — Eating Right for Chronic Kidney Disease
- CDC — Diabetes and Kidney Disease: What to Eat?
Diabetes and kidney disease:
- CDC — Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
- NIDDK — Diabetic Kidney Disease
- NKF — Diabetes: A Major Risk Factor for Kidney Disease
- American Diabetes Association — Kidney Disease (Nephropathy)
Hypertension and kidney disease:
- NIDDK — High Blood Pressure & Kidney Disease
- American Heart Association — How High Blood Pressure Can Lead to Kidney Damage or Failure
- NKF — High Blood Pressure and Chronic Kidney Disease
- CDC — Keep Your Kidneys Healthy: Control Your Blood Pressure
Kidney disease in Hawaii:
