Low glomerular filtration in the population: Prevalence, associated disorders, and awareness

Kidney International

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 800-806

  Cirillo, M ^a   Laurenzi, M ^b   Mancini, M ^c   Zanchetti, A ^d   Lombardi, C ^a   De Santo, N G ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Epidemiology and outcomes; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney failure

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINURIA; ANEMIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33747041339     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001641     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Levey AS, Coresh J, Balk E et al. National Kidney Foundation Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification. Ann Intern Med 2003; 139: 137-147.
2. Remuzzi G, Ruggenenti P, Perico N. Chronic renal diseases: renoprotective benefits of renin-angiotensin system inhibition. Ann Intern Med 2002; 16: 604-615.
3. Jafar TH, Stark PC, Schmid CH et al. Progression of chronic kidney disease: the role of blood pressure control, proteinuria, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition: a patient-level meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med 2003; 19: 244-252.
4. Obrador GT, Ruthazer R, Arora P et al. Prevalence of and factors associated with suboptimal care before initiation of dialysis in the United States. J Am Soc Nephrol 1999; 10: 1793-1800.
5. Coresh J, Wei GL, McQuillan G et al. Prevalence of high blood pressure and elevated serum creatinine level in the United States: findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994). Arch Intern Med 2001; 161: 1207-1216.
6. McClellan WM, Knight DF, Karp H, Brown WW. Early detection and treatment of renal disease in hospitalized diabetic and hypertensive patients: important differences between practice and published guidelines. Am J Kidney Dis 1997; 29: 368-375.
7. National Kidney Foundation. K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification. Part 6. Association of level of GFR with complications in adults. Am J Kidney Dis 2002; 39: S1-S246.
8. Clase CM, Garg AX, Kiberd BA. Prevalence of low glomerular filtration rate in nondiabetic Americans: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13: 1338-1349.
9. Coresh J, Astor BC, Greene T et al. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and decreased kidney function in the adult US population: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J Kidney Dis 2003; 41: 1-12.
10. Couser WG. Chronic kidney disease - how many have it? J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13: 2810.
11. McClellan W. As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least do no harm. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13: 2817-2819.
12. Coresh J, Astor BC, McQuillan G et al. Calibration and random variation of the serum creatinine assay as critical elements of using equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate. Am J Kidney Dis 2002; 39: 920-929.
13. Cirillo M, Anastasio P, De Santo NG. Relationship of gender, age, and body mass index to errors in predicted kidney function. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2005; 20: 1791-1798.
14. Froissart M, Rossert J, Jacquot C et al. Predictive performance of the modification of diet in renal disease and Cockcroft-Gault equations for estimating renal function. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005; 16: 763-773.
15. Ruilope LM, Rodicio JL. Microalbuminuria in clinical practice. Kidney 1995; 4: 211-216.
16. Clase CM, Garg AX, Kiberd BA. Classifying kidney problems: can we avoid framing risks as diseases? BMJ 2004; 329: 912-915.
17. Coresh J, Byrd-Holt D, Astor BC et al. Chronic kidney disease awareness, prevalence, and trends among US adults, 1999 to 2000. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005; 16: 180-188.
18. Laurenzi M, Cirillo M, Angeletti M et al. Gubbio Population Study: baseline findings. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 1991; 1: S1-S18.
19. Laurenzi M, Cirillo M, Panarelli W et al. Baseline sodium-lithium countertransport and 6-year incidence of hypertension: the Gubbio Population Study. Circulation 1997; 95: 581-587.
20. Cirillo M, Senigalliesi L, Laurenzi M et al. Microalbuminuria in non-diabetic adults: relation of blood pressure, body mass, plasma cholesterol, and smoking - the Gubbio Population Study. Arch Intern Med 1998; 158: 1933-1939.
21. Cirillo M, Laurenzi M, Panarelli P et al. Relation of urinary albumin excretion to coronary heart disease and low renal function: role of blood pressure. Kidney Int 2004; 65: 2290-2297.
22. Cirillo M, Laurenzi M, Mancini M et al. Low muscular mass and overestimation of microalbuminuria by urinary albumin/creatinine ratio. Hypertension 2006; 47: 56-61.
23. Rose GA, Blackburn H, Gillman RF, Prineas RJ (eds). Cardiovascular Survey Methods. World Health Organization: Geneva, 1982.
24. Cirillo M, Stellato D, Panarelli P et al. Cross-sectional and prospective data on urinary calcium and urinary stone disease. Kidney Int 2003; 63: 2200-2206.
25. Duncan PH, Wills MR, Smith BJ, Savory J. Clinical studies of protein-bound calcium in various diseases. Clin Chem 1982; 28: 672-675.
26. NKF-K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease. National Kidney Foundation: New York, 2001, pp 20-26.
27. Kasiske BL, Keane WF. Laboratory assessment of renal disease: clearance, urinalysis, and renal biopsy. In: Brenner BM (ed). Brenner & Rector's The Kidney, 5th edn, vol 1. WB Saunders: Philadelphia, 1996, pp 1129-1163.