Increasing number among U.S. seniors with chronic kidney disease

A new study proves that Americans aged 80 and older are predisposed to an increasing risk to chronic kidney disease development. Previous research showed that the rate of chronic kidney disease in the general U.S. population increased from 1988 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2004, but no figures have been available for people aged 80 and above, the study authors said. They added that recent studies have found that older adults with chronic kidney disease have high rates of other health problems and are at increased risk for kidney failure, cardiovascular disease and death. This study is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings point to rising rates of the condition among people 80 and older and suggest that “efforts to address [chronic kidney disease] among the oldest may be necessary”, said Dr. C. Barrett Bowling, formerly of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in Atlanta and colleagues.