The Role of Ethnic Variation and CKD
Author(s) -
Nina T. Harawa,
Keith C. Norris
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.09100815
Subject(s) - ethnic group , race (biology) , socioeconomic status , census , race and health , medicine , health equity , health care , demography , gerontology , population , gender studies , public health , sociology , political science , environmental health , pathology , anthropology , law
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are,” Anais Nin (author, 1903–1977).Advanced CKD is one of the starkest examples of disparities in health conditions, with rates of ESRD for racial/ethnic minorities ranging from 1.5 to 4.0 times those of age-adjusted white counterparts,
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