10% Of Adults Worldwide Have Chronic Kidney Disease

Worldwide, about 10% of adults are living with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Only 3% of adults have been diagnosed with CKD and the remaining 7% are estimated to have undiagnosed CKD based on laboratory test results consistent with CKD. These estimates are based on a study of CKD rates and CKD indicator tests conducted in 11 countries.

For this study, undiagnosed people were presumed to have CKD if their laboratory tests had a urine albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) or have an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) consistent with CKD. Having a UACR or eGFR consistent with CKD was referred to . . .