Nicaragua revisited: evidence of lower prevalence of chronic kidney disease in a high-altitude, coffee-growing village.
Conclusions: The CKD prevalence in this village is comparable to a previously studied Nicaraguan coffee-farming region and much lower than previously screened portions of northwestern Nicaragua. There is heterogeneity in CKD prevalence across Nicaragua. At this time, screenings should target individuals living in previously identified, higher risk regions. More work is needed to understand determinants of CKD in this resource-poor nation.
PMID: 21956767 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)