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Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is progressive loss of renal function.1CKD is a great burden on Pakistan's healthcare resources.Lack of screening and risk identification often result in delayed treatment and implementation of preventive measures. Aims and objectives: The basic aim of this study is to find the prevalence and increasing risk factors of kidney disease among local population of Pakistan. Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Multan during Dec 2017 to April 2018. A routine physical examination was performed and the following information collected: (i) smoking status, food frequency and physical activity (IPAQ, international physical activity questionnaire), co-morbidities (history of stroke, cardiovascular disease, known diabetes, known hypertension); (ii) anthropometry (iii) BP was measured thrice with a calibrated automated device. These all things were done for the selected population of the city. Results: The socio-demographic and clinical factors independently associated with presence of CKD were older age, hypertension, and diabetes, elevated SBP, and raised fasting plasma glucose, raised triglycerides, and history of stroke, (p Conclusion: It is concluded that CKD was independently associated with older age, hypertension, diabetes, raised systolic BP, raised plasma fasting glucose, raised triglycerides, and history of stroke. |
