title: Chronic kidney disease in the Arab world: a call for action.
abstract: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an emerging non-communicable disease worldwide. The Arab countries have a high prevalence of CKD risk factors, e.g. diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Unfortunately, the magnitude of CKD in the Arab world has not been studied well. This review presents the current data on CKD in the Arab world and proposes a call for action to address this rising epidemic.
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Youssef M K
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Farag
authors.forename: Jameela A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kari
authors.forename: Ajay K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors