Join experts Drs Matthew Sparks and Dinushika Mohottige as they discuss disparities in care for individuals who have chronic kidney disease in the United States.

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Resources

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/238798-overview

2020 Census Illuminates Racial and Ethnic Composition of the Country https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/08/improved-race-ethnicity-measures-reveal-united-states-population-much-more-multiracial.html

Race, Ethnicity, & Kidney Disease https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease/race-ethnicity

Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/209357

Racial/ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in the Use of Newer Diabetes Medications in the Look AHEAD Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8920048/

Life Course Socioeconomic Status, Allostatic Load, and Kidney Health in Black Americans https://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/15/3/341.long

Understanding African American and Non-African American eGFR Laboratory Results https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/race-and-egfr-what-controversy

National Kidney Foundation https://www.kidney.org/

American Society of Nephrology https://www.asn-online.org/

A Unifying Approach for GFR Estimation: Recommendations of the NKF-ASN Task Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Disease https://www.ajkd.org/article/S0272-63862100828-3/fulltext