Socioeconomic measures and CKD in the United States and The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

According to the cost of health care utilization systems, there may be regional differences in the relative strength of association of income and education-based socioeconomic status measures with CKD. This study investigated the relative strength of the association of income and education with CKD in a United States and a Dutch population.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

This cross-sectional study examined individuals who participated in the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) and in Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-stage Disease (PREVEND 1997-1998), general population-based cohorts in the United States and The Netherlands, respectively. The main outcome was CKD, defined as estimated GFR <60 ml/mi

SUBMITTER: Vart P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3789356 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature