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ArticleKidney research and clinical practice2025

The burden of chronic kidney disease in Asia region: a review of the evidence, current challenges, and future directions.

Afiatin Makmun, Bancha Satirapoj, Do Gia Tuyen, Marjorie W Y Foo, Romina Danguilan, Sanjeev Gulati, Sejoong Kim, Sunita Bavanandan, Yi-Wen Chiu, Sydney C W Tang

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Afiatin MakmunDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia.
Bancha SatirapojDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Phramongkutkloa Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Do Gia TuyenDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Marjorie W Y FooDepartment of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
Romina DanguilanNational Kidney and Transplant Institute, Quezon, the Philippines.
Sanjeev GulatiNephrology and Kidney Transplant Fortis Group of Hospitals, New Delhi, India and Manipal University, India.
Sejoong KimDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sunita BavanandanDepartment of Nephrology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Yi-Wen ChiuDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Sydney C W TangDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

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AstraZeneca International
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The disease burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its impact on healthcare systems has been poorly studied in Asia, a socioeconomically diverse region with wide variations in availability, access, and quality of CKD care. The high CKD burden in this region is predominantly driven by an increased prevalence of risk factors including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity, and use of traditional medicines and is further aggravated by challenges associated with effective implementation of population-based screening and surveillance systems in early detection and intervention of CKD. The Asian continent mostly comprised of low- and middle-income countries with resource restraints lacks robust population-based CKD registries resulting in a paucity of data on CKD incidence and prevalence, various treatment modalities, uptake of current guidelines, and the overall impact of implementation of developmental programs. There is an urgent need for a collaborative action plan between the healthcare community and governments in this region to detect CKD in its early stages and prevent its complications including kidney failure, cardiovascular disease, and death. Research- based evidence on the impact of early detection, sustainable treatment options, quality of life, delay or avoidance of dialysis, and related cost analysis is the need of the hour. We highlight successful implementation of strategic and policy-sharing programs adopted in a few countries; also, consolidate available region-specific data, quantify estimates of CKD burden and propose strategies with a multidisciplinary approach involving patients, the healthcare community and governmental bodies to combat CKD and its complications.

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AsiaChronic renal insufficiencyPrevalenceRisk factors

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