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Article: Kidney Failure, High Blood Pressure And African-Americans
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- Chicago Citizen
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- September 18, 1994
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Bryant D. Payne
Chicago Citizen
09-18-1994
Kidney Failure, High Blood Pressure And African-Americans.
Kidney failure, one of the leading health problems in America today, is a serious concern for African-Americans. Although whites still constitute the largest number of kidney patients, the rate of kidney failure among African-Americans today is nearly four times as great as the rate of kidney failure among whites. Most alarming, that rate is growing. This rate of kidney failure is a result of the incidence of high blood pressure and diabetes among African-Americans, the two leading causes of kidney disease.
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