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more infoThe Link Between Kidney Disease, Diabetes, and High Blood Pressure
BY NKDEP
August 1, 2011
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control, kidney disease affects more than 4.5 million African Americans in the United States. African Americans make up about 14 percent of the US population but account for 32 percent of new cases of kidney failure. The National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP) wants more African Americans to make the connection between the roles improperly managed diabetes and high blood pressure can play in increasing ones risk for kidney disease; 80 percent of new cases of kidney failure among African Americans are due to diabetes and high blood pressure. Heart disease and a family history of kidney failure also increase kidney disease risk.
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