Racial Differences and Contributory Cardiovascular and Non-cardiovascular Risk Factors Towards Chronic Kidney Disease Progression In Young To Middle-Aged Black And White American Adults
Journal: medRxiv
Year: 2023

Abstract Background The progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is higher in Black than in White Americans but studies have mainly focused on racial differences within advanced CKD. We evaluated CKD progression in Black and White participants over 20 years and the contribution of conventional cardiovascular and non-traditional risk factors to racial disparities in CKD progression. Methods This study was based on 2,175 Black and 2,207 White adults in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Yo