Higher participation rates for specific health checkups are associated with a lower incidence of treated ESKD in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A Japanese cohort study previously reported that not attending health checkups was associated with an increased risk of treated end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). The present study aimed to examine this association at the prefecture level.

Methods

We conducted an ecological study of all prefectures in Japan (n = 47) using five sources of nationwide open data. We explored associations of participation rates for Specific Health Checkups (SHC participation rates), the estimated prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and the ratio of nephrology specialists for each prefecture with prefecture-specific standardized incidence rates (SIRs) of treated ESKD using structural equation modeling.

Results

Prefecture-specific SHC participation rates ranged from 44.2% to

SUBMITTER: Wakasugi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10881630 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature