Twenty years of the French Renal Epidemiology and Information Network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The French Renal Epidemiology and Information Network (REIN) is 20 years old. It is not just a national data registry, but rather an epidemiological and informational network serving patients with chronic kidney disease, nephrology teams and health services.

Methods

The past 10-year trends of the incidence and prevalence of renal replacement therapy by dialysis or kidney transplantation and waitlist activity are presented. To detect potential significant changes in trends from 2012 and 2021, a Joinpoint regression model was used.

Results

The overall incidence of treated end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) was 169 per million population (pmp) in 2021. It was stable despite an increase in the incidence of diabetes. We found a decreasing trend in the proportion of

SUBMITTER: Kazes I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10768769 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature