Open AccessSocio-economic status influences chronic kidney disease prevalence in primary care: a community-based cross-sectional analysis
Author(s) -
Beng So,
Shona Methven,
Mario Hair,
Alan G. Jardine,
Mark MacGregor
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfu408
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , cross sectional study , demography , renal function , primary care , creatinine , family medicine , pathology , sociology
Primary care chronic kidney disease (CKD) registers report widely varying prevalence within the UK. We examined the effects of laboratory ascertainment and adjusting for practice-level variables on the variation in CKD prevalence. We carried out an Ayrshire-wide laboratory database analysis of primary care practices (PCPs).
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