Prevalence of ICD-9-CM codes for chronic kidney disease in individuals with cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Conclusion: Prevalence of diagnosed CKD among patients with CVD risk factors is low but increases with age and number of risk factors, suggesting inadequate awareness of CKD. This may have implications for control of CVD risk factors in patients with CKD.
PMID: 19662609 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)
