Gender differences in chronic kidney disease.
Women live longer than men. Can this phenomenon be explained by chronic kidney disease (CKD)? Gender differences in the prevalence and incidence of CKD are discussed.
Iseki
Kunitoshi
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Dialysis Unit, University Hospital of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. chihokun@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
D000419:Albuminuria / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology