Population
3,459 Thai adults, mean age 45.2 years, 54.5% female, sampled via cross-sectional stratified-cluster sampling.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May signal need for CKD screening programs in Thailand; extends regional prevalence data but leaves open intervention effects.
The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the Thai adult population is high at 17.5%, with extremely low patient awareness, indicating a significant unrecognized public health burden.
Ingsathit et al. (2009) studied this question.
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