Regional Variation of Chronic Kidney Disease in Germany: Results From Two Population-Based Surveys

<b><i>Background/Aims: </i></b>Due to the increasing prevalence of risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD), kidney dysfunction becomes a major public health problem. We investigated the CKD prevalence and determined to what extent the variation of risk factors explains the different CKD prevalence in Germany. Methods: We analyzed data from 6,054 participants, aged 31 to 82 years, from the Study of Health in...