Prevalence and risk factors for proteinuria: The National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia Lifecheck Health Screening programme

Aim Treatment of chronic kidney disease ( CKD ) poses a huge burden to the healthcare system. To address the problem, the N ational K idney F oundation of M alaysia embarked on a programme to screen for proteinuria and educate the public on CKD . Methods The public was invited for health screening and the data collected over a 21 month period was analyzed. Results In total, 40 400 adults from all the states in M alaysia were screened. The...