If this is not your name, click here. Other Ophthalmic Surgery Organ Transplantation Orthopaedics Other Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis Otitis Otorhino. The findings indicate an estimated 5.6 million Americans have elevated serum creatinine levels in their blood, which is an indicator of chronic kidney disease. Seventy percent of those people also have high blood pressure.
Hypertension is a leading factor in developing kidney disease.
While the majority of people in the study were treated for hypertension, only 11 percent reduced their blood pressure to recommended levels. There are 25 people with elevated serum creatinine for every person with prevalent end-stage renal failure. Most of these individuals are not aware of their kidney disease. Dr. Coresh adds that people with chronic kidney disease are at greater risk of developing kidney failure, anemia, bone disease, and death. For this cross-sectional study, the researchers examined data from 16,589 adults who participated in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1988 and 1994.