Effect of Food Insecurity on Chronic Kidney Disease in Lower-Income Americans
Author(s) -
Deidra C. Crews,
Marie Fanelli Kuczmarski,
Vanessa Grubbs,
Elizabeth Hedgeman,
Vahakn B. Shahinian,
Michele K. Evans,
Alan B. Zonderman,
Nilka Rı́os Burrows,
Desmond E. Williams,
Rajiv Saran,
Neil R. Powe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1421-9670
pISSN - 0250-8095
DOI - 10.1159/000357595
Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , kidney disease , albuminuria , environmental health , population , odds ratio , diabetes mellitus , food insecurity , logistic regression , cross sectional study , odds , obesity , demography , gerontology , food security , endocrinology , pathology , ecology , sociology , biology , agriculture
The relation of food insecurity (inability to acquire nutritionally adequate and safe foods) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unknown. We examined whether food insecurity is associated with prevalent CKD among lower-income individuals in both the general US adult population and an urban population.
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