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Kidney International

Volume 103, Issue 6, June 2023, Pages 1004-1008
Kidney International

Editorial
Perspectives on early detection of chronic kidney disease: the facts, the questions, and a proposed framework for 2023 and beyond

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The facts

Progress has been made in reducing the mortality and morbidity due to noncommunicable diseases, with the global age-standardized mortality rates between 2007 and 2017 for ischemic heart disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease coming down by 9.7%, 13.6%, and 13.6%, respectively.1 However, the mortality rate due to CKD went up by 1.5% during the same period.1 Most of the future increase in CKD burden is projected to occur in LLMICs and among disadvantaged and indigenous

Disclosure

AL has received grant funding from GSK, Boehringer-Ingelheim-Lilly, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), AstraZeneca, Janssen, and Otsuka; and honoraria from Bayer and AstraZeneca, under the policy of all honoraria being paid to the institution/organization to support education and research activities. VJ has received grant funding from GSK, Baxter Healthcare, and Biocon; and honoraria from Bayer, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, NephroPlus, and

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Dr. Priti Meena for developing Figure 1. AstraZeneca has provided a sponsorship grant to this independent program.

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