Hossain, Mohammed P. and Goyder, Elizabeth C. and Rigby, Jan and El Nahas, Meguid
(2009)
CKD and Poverty: A Growing Global Challenge.
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 53 (1).
pp. 166-174.
ISSN 0272-6386
Abstract
Approximately 1.2 billion individuals worldwide live in extreme poverty (<$1/
d), and 2.7 billion live in moderate poverty (<$2/d). Poverty is most prevalent in
developing countries, but does not spare richer economies, where huge income
discrepancies have been reported. Poverty is a major health care marker
affecting a number of chronic, communicable, and noncommunicable diseases.
Poverty and social deprivation are known to affect the predisposition, diagnosis,
and management of chronic diseases; they directly impact on the prevalence of
such conditions as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. Also, growing evidence
links poverty to chronic kidney disease (CKD). This may be caused by a direct
impact of poverty on CKD or indirectly through the increased health care burden
linked to poverty-associated diabetes and hypertension. Furthermore, data
have shown that the poor and socially deprived have a greater prevalence of
end-stage renal disease. Access to renal care, dialysis, and transplantation
may also be affected by social deprivation. Overall, poverty and social depriva-
tion are emerging as major risk markers for CKD in both developing and
developed countries. Their impact on CKD warrants careful analysis because it
may confound the interpretation of CKD risk factors within communities. This
review therefore aims to look at the evidence linking poverty to CKD and its
major risk factors, namely, diabetes and hypertension.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
CKD; Poverty; growing global challenge; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: |
8913 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.10.047 |
| Depositing User: |
Jan Rigby
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| Date Deposited: |
18 Oct 2017 13:32 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
American Journal of Kidney Diseases |
| Publisher: |
Elsevier |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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