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NATURE REVIEWS NEPHROLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages 193-194Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41581-019-0120-0
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The analyses in the 2017 Global Burden of Disease Study demonstrate the growing burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD), mainly driven by population ageing; absolute levels for every CKD metric considered rose significantly, whereas age-standardized rates were fairly stable. The prevalence of key metabolic CKD risk factors, particularly obesity, also show a worrying increase.
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