近日，來自美國腎臟病數據庫系統的研究人員通過研究表示，盡管近年來美國腎臟疾病的發(fā)生率在逐年升高，但個體腎衰竭及相關死亡率卻在不斷下降。數據庫中數據顯示，如今在美國有14%的成年個體患有慢性腎臟疾病，其會進展成為腎衰竭。而慢性腎臟疾病的風險因子包括糖尿病、高血壓、肥胖以及急性腎臟損傷等。

    由于老齡化及過重人群的增加，終末期腎病的患者比率也在一直上升，據2012年的研究數據顯示，在美國大約有637000名腎衰竭病人正經歷著透析以及腎臟移植，這其中包括115000名被診斷為腎衰竭的個體。

    研究者表示，然而這些患者或許表現比較良好，而且生存時間更久，從2010至2012年以來潛在的致死性腎衰竭的新發(fā)病例呈直線下降，Rajiv Saran教授說道，目前我們宣布抵御腎衰竭的勝利還為時過早，但是我們的分析數據卻為揭示美國腎衰竭患者的現狀提供了一定的參考數據。

    后期研究者們將根據此前的研究數據來觀察是否腎臟疾病的發(fā)生率會持續(xù)下降，研究者們認為，一種改善腎臟健康的綜合性方法或許應該包括疾病的預防以及慢性腎臟疾病相關知識的知曉；有時候患病信號不足以引起個體主義，但是簡單的測試或許就可以幫助進行個體腎臟疾病的早期診斷。

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    Researchers at the United States Renal Data System （USRDS） say that about 14 percent of U.S. **s have chronic kidney disease, which can progress to kidney failure. Risk factors for chronic kidney disease include diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, acute kidney injury, a family history of kidney disease, being 50 and older, and being a member of a minority.

    Because of an aging and overweight population, the rate of end-stage kidney disease is on the rise, according to USRDS.

    According to 2012 data, across the United States almost 637,000 kidney failure patients are undergoing dialysis or have received a kidney transplant, including about 115,000 people diagnosed with kidney failure.

    However, patients may be faring better and living longer, the report's authors said. The growth rate for new cases of potentially fatal kidney failure fell for three years in a row, from 2010 to 2012, according to the 2014 annual report from the USRDS, which is based at the University of Michigan.

    “It is too soon to declare victory on the war against the rising tide of kidney failure, but our **ysis provides some good news about kidney disease in the U.S.,” Dr. Rajiv Saran, director of the USRDS coordinating center, said in a university news release……