%0 Journal Article
%T Renal Function and Risk Factors of Moderate to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease in Golestan Province, Northeast of Iran
%A Iraj Najafi
%A Fatemeh Attari
%A Farhad Islami
%A Ramin Shakeri
%A Fatemeh Malekzadeh
%A Rasool Salahi
%A Mina Yapan Gharavi
%A Mostafa Hosseini
%A Behrooz Broumand
%A Ali Nobakht Haghighi
%A Bagher Larijani
%A Reza Malekzadeh
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2012
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0014216
%X The incidence of end-stage renal disease is increasing worldwide. Earlier studies reported high prevalence rates of obesity and hypertension, two major risk factors of chronic kidney disease (CKD), in Golestan Province, Iran. We aimed to investigate prevalence of moderate to severe CKD and its risk factors in the region.
%U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0014216