End-stage renal disease in African-Americans

Nephrol Nurs J. 2000 Dec;27(6):597-600.

Abstract

The African-American community comprises approximately 12.4% of the total American population, but they account for 30.8% of patients diagnosed with end stage renal disease (ESRD). This article focuses first on theories explaining the high prevalence of ESRD in African-Americans. Two major causes of ESRD, hypertension and Type II diabetes, and their relationship to African-Americans are explored. Morbidity, familial risk and new incidences are addressed. Lastly, a screening project for African-Americans at risk for ESRD is proposed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Birth Weight
  • Black or African American* / ethnology
  • Black or African American* / genetics
  • Black or African American* / statistics & numerical data
  • Causality
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Disease Progression
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Incidence
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / ethnology*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / genetics*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / prevention & control
  • Life Style
  • Mass Screening
  • Morbidity
  • Obesity / complications
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • United States / epidemiology