Incidence and causes of end-stage renal disease among Aboriginal children and young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although Aboriginal adults have a higher risk of end-stage renal disease than non-Aboriginal adults, the incidence and causes of end-stage renal disease among Aboriginal children and young adults are not well described.

Methods

We calculated age- and sex-specific incidences of end-stage renal disease among Aboriginal people less than 22 years of age using data from a national organ failure registry. Incidence rate ratios were used to compare rates between Aboriginal and white Canadians. To contrast causes of end-stage renal disease by ethnicity and age, we calculated the odds of congenital diseases, glomerulonephritis and diabetes for Aboriginal people and compared them with those for white people in the following age strata: 0 to less than 22 years, 22 to less th

SUBMITTER: Samuel SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3470642 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature