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SUBMITTER: Kaze FF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8031998 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaze Francois Folefack FF Kengne Andre-Pascal AP Magatsing Carine Tchendjou CT Halle Marie-Patrice MP Yiagnigni Euloge E Ngu Kathleen Blackett KB
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20160120 5
Hypertension is a risk factor for renal diseases, which, in turn, are precursors of hypertension. The authors assessed the prevalence and determinants of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among 336 hypertensive adult Cameroonians (mean age, 60.9±11.3 years; 63.4% women) at Yaoundé. Any participant with an estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m(2) regardless of the equation used (Cockcroft-Gault [CG], Modification of Diet in Renal Disease [MDRD], and Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology ...[more]