title: The message for World Kidney Day 2009: hypertension and kidney disease: a marriage that should be prevented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hypertensive Diseases Unit, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill., USA. gbakris@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
authors.forename: George L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Bakris
authors.forename: Eberhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ritz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000503:physiopathology; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors