KNOW-CKD (KoreaN cohort study for Outcome in patients With Chronic Kidney Disease): design and methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The progression and complications of chronic kidney disease should differ depending on the cause (C), glomerular filtration rate category (G), and albuminuria (A). The KNOW-CKD (KoreaN Cohort Study for Outcome in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease), which is a prospective cohort study, enrolls subjects with chronic kidney disease stages 1 to 5 (predialysis).

Methods/design

Nine nephrology centers in major university hospitals throughout Korea will enroll approximately 2,450 adults with chronic kidney disease over a 5-year period from 2011 to 2015. The participating individuals will be monitored for approximately 10 years until death or until end-stage renal disease occurs. The subjects will be classified into subgroups based on the following specific causes of c

SUBMITTER: Oh KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4050398 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature