Title: Hispanics and Kidney Disease | National Kidney Foundation
Headings: Hispanics and Kidney Disease
Hispanics and Kidney Disease
What is kidney disease?
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Can anyone get kidney disease?
Why are Hispanics at greater risk for kidney disease?
How does access to healthcare play a role?
What to do?

Content: Your chances of getting kidney disease are greater if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, a family history of chronic kidney disease, are obese, or 60 years or older. Being Hispanic also means you are at greater risk. The more risk factors you have, the greater your chances of getting kidney disease. Why are Hispanics at greater risk for kidney disease? Hispanics are almost twice as likely to have diabetes as white Americans; in fact 10% of Hispanic Americans have diabetes. In older Hispanics diabetes is even more common—about 1 in 4 Hispanics over 45 years has diabetes. Having diabetes can lead to kidney disease and kidney failure, and diabetes causes kidney failure more often in Hispanics than in white Americans. High blood pressure is also a serious problem for Hispanics. Nearly 1 in 4 Hispanics has high blood pressure and do not recognize the relationship between high blood pressure and kidney disease.