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Chronic Kidney Disease in Japan from Early Predictions to Current Facts
Kunitoshi Iseki

Dialysis Unit, University Hospital of The Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

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Nephron Clin Pract 2008;110:c268-c272 (DOI: 10.1159/000170094)

  Key Words

• Asian Forum of CKD Initiative
• Chronic kidney disease
• CKD, incidence and prevalence
• CKD, screening
• End-stage renal disease
• Frontier of Renal Outcome Modifications in Japan
• Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy

  Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is considered a risk factor for both end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and cardiovascular disease. Early detection and treatment of CKD is likely to be the key factor to prevent them. According to the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, the prevalence of treated ESRD has increased to >2,000 per million population. More than 40% of ESRD incidents are due to diabetes mellitus. The Japanese Society of Nephrology estimates the prevalence of a low GFR (<60 ml/min/1.73 m²) to be around 10% of the community-based screening participants. However, such a high CKD prevalence requires detailed and critical confirmatory studies and analyses, many of which are currently underway in Japan.

Copyright © 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel

  Author Contacts

Dr. Kunitoshi Iseki
Dialysis Unit, University Hospital of The Ryukyus
207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215 (Japan)
Tel. +81 98 895 1341, Fax +81 98 895 1416
E-Mail chihokun@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

  Article Information

Published online: November 10, 2008
Number of Print Pages : 5
Number of Figures : 1, Number of Tables : 1, Number of References : 20