Natural history of chronic kidney disease in Australian Indigenous and non‐Indigenous children: a 4‐year population‐based follow‐up study

Abstract

Over 4 years of follow-up, Indigenous Australian children had no increased risk for early evidence of CKD. More than 70% of baseline risk factors were transient, and persistent risk factors were uncommon. Our findings suggest the increased risk for end-stage kidney disease seen in Indigenous adults is not yet manifest in these schoolchildren, and may be potentially preventable.