Chronic kidney disease in Kuwait: a multicenter study of two cohorts with different levels of access to public healthcare
CKD 3-5 ND is caused by diabetes mellitus in 56.6% of cases, and the majority have hypertension. In our study, non-Kuwaitis had higher eGFR; however, restricted public healthcare access and lower income can lead to an unhealthy diet and suboptimal care, which may cause higher blood pressure, higher HbA1c, and a higher dyslipidemia rate. RAASi and SGLT2i utilization must increase to combat CKD, and antihypertensive selection must improve.
Authors
- Heba AlRajab
- Mohamed Sherif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8670-672X)
- Ahmed AlQallaf
- Bassam AlHelal
- Anas Alyousef (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5450-8083)
- Ahmed Abdalla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0304-0417)
- Noha dewidar
- Gamal Nessim
- Ali AlSahow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8081-3244)
- Yousif Bahbahani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9325-5999)
- Ahmad Atef Mekky
- Ahmad Mazroue
- Rajeev Kumar
- Abdulrahman AlKandari
- Hesham Zamel
- Nasser AlSabti
Institutions
- Adan Hospital (KW)
- Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital (KW)
- Jahra Hospital (KW)
- Farwaniya Hospital (KW)
- Amiri Hospital (KW)
- Al-Sabah Hospital (KW)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Nephrology
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-024-03794-6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.40