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

Content: This means it is not found early enough, when treatment can still help slow or stop the damage from getting worse. As a result, the rate of kidney failure for African Americans is three to four times higher than white Americans. And the problem appears to be specific for kidney disease. According to the same study, most African Americans who have diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol levels know that they have it. What to do? Not all African Americans will get kidney disease. And not everyone who has diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, older age, or a family history of kidney disease will get it. But if you have any of these risk factors, you should: Get tested for kidney disease. There are two simple tests for kidney disease: