Open AccessDoes treated primary hypertension lead to end-stage renal disease? A 20-year follow-up of the primary prevention study in Goteborg, [Sweden]
Author(s) -
A Siewert-Delle,
Susanne Ljungman,
Ove Andersson,
Lars Wilhelmsen
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/13.12.3084
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , creatinine , kidney disease , blood pressure , hypertensive nephropathy , end stage renal disease , population , nephropathy , nephrosclerosis , diabetic nephropathy , endocrinology , disease , kidney , urology , gastroenterology , diabetes mellitus , environmental health
Hypertension is reported to be one of the most common causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Europe and in the United States. However, the frequency with which treated primary hypertension leads to renal failure is not known. The majority of patients with ESRD have hypertension. Whether this is the cause or the consequence of the impaired renal function is often not possible to establish.
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