Nicaragua revisited: Evidence of lower prevalence of chronic kidney disease in a high-altitude, coffee-growing village

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 533-540

  Laux, Timothy S ^a   Bert, Philip J ^b   Ruiz, Gerardo M Barreto ^b   González, Marvin ^b   Unruh, Mark ^c   Aragon, Aurora ^b   Lacourt, Cecilia Torres ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altitude; Chronic kidney disease; Nicaragua; Pesticides; Risk factors; Rural

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MACROALBUMINURIA; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NICARAGUA; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALBUMINURIA; ALTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COFFEA; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858989664     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jn.5000028     Document Type: Article

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