ArticleClinical kidney journal2019
Methods and reporting of kidney function: a systematic review of studies from sub-Saharan Africa.
Article in Clinical kidney journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06312072 (Understanding Risk Factors for Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease in Malawi to Inform Interventions for Earlier Detection and Prevention), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Understanding Risk Factors for Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease in Malawi to Inform Interventions for Earlier Detection and Prevention (Impso Study)
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence of chronic kidney disease among young people living with HIV in Sub Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in South Africa - limitations of studies comparing prevalence with sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, and globally.BMC nephrology · 2023Pooled it
- World Kidney Day 2026 in Africa: bridging environmental sustainability with the realities of kidney care.Renal failure · 2026Article
- Laboratory diagnostics of chronic kidney disease in Serbia: Current practice and priorities for harmonisation.Journal of medical biochemistry · 2026Article
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- Comparison of the prevalence and associated factors of chronic kidney disease diagnosed by serum creatinine or cystatin C among young people living with HIV in Uganda.BMC nephrology · 2024Article
- Comparison of the prevalence and associated factors of chronic kidney disease diagnosed by serum creatinine or cystatin C among young people living with HIV in Uganda.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
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- Association of impaired kidney function with mortality in rural Uganda: results of a general population cohort study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Evaluating kidney function using a point-of-care creatinine test in Ugandan children with severe malaria: a prospective cohort study.BMC nephrology · 2021Article
- Discovery and fine-mapping of kidney function loci in first genome-wide association study in Africans.Human molecular genetics · 2021Article
- A New Panel-Estimated GFR, Including βAmerican journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2021Article
- Malaria-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in African Children: Prevalence, Pathophysiology, Impact, and Management Challenges.International journal of nephrology and renovascular disease · 2021Review
- High Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease Among People Living with Hypertension in Rural Sierra Leone: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of nephrology and renovascular disease · 2021Article
- Methods to estimate baseline creatinine and define acute kidney injury in lean Ugandan children with severe malaria: a prospective cohort study.BMC nephrology · 2020Article
- How to estimate glomerular filtration rate in sub-Saharan Africa: design and methods of the African Research into Kidney Diseases (ARK) study.BMC nephrology · 2020Article
- Association between Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Impaired Kidney Function and Hyperuricaemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of human reproductive sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Globally, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an emerging public health challenge but accurate data on its true prevalence are scarce, particularly in poorly resourced regions such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Limited funding for population-based studies, poor laboratory infrastructure and the absence of a validated estimating equation for kidney function in Africans are contributing factors. Consequently, most available studies used to estimate population prevalence are hospital-based, with small samples of participants who are at high risk for kidney disease. While serum creatinine is most commonly used to estimate glomerular filtration, there is considerable potential bias in the measurement of creatinine that might lead to inaccurate estimates of kidney disease at individual and population level. To address this, the Laboratory Working Group of the National Kidney Disease Education Program published recommendations in 2006 to standardize the laboratory measurement of creatinine. The primary objective of this review was to appraise implementation of these recommendations in studies conducted in SSA after 2006. Secondary objectives were to assess bias relating to choice of estimating equations for assessing glomerular function in Africans and to evaluate use of recommended diagnostic criteria for CKD. This study was registered with Prospero (CRD42017068151), and using PubMed,
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