End-stage renal disease among Roma and non-Roma: Roma are at risk

Gabriel Kolvek (), Katarina Rosicova, Jaroslav Rosenberger, Ludmila Podracka, Roy Stewart, Iveta Nagyova, Sijmen Reijneveld and Jitse Dijk

International Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 57, issue 4, 754 pages

Abstract: This study shows that the risk for ESRD is significantly higher for Roma than for non-Roma. A genetic propensity of Roma to renal failure may partially explain the higher risk. Moreover, a poorer control of risk factors for ESRD in Slovak Roma contributes to the increased risk. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2012

Keywords: Roma; Ethnicity; End-stage renal disease; Incidence; Prevalence; Etiology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0365-x

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