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- Title
Sociodemographic determinants of chronic kidney disease in Indigenous children.
- Authors
Dart, Allison
- Abstract
Rates of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are disproportionately increased in Indigenous peoples. The focus has traditionally been on adults, as they experience the highest rates of kidney failure requiring kidney replacement therapy. The impacts of colonization, systemic racism, and sociodemographic marginalization however impact the health of Indigenous peoples across the lifespan. This review presents the social context within which Indigenous children develop and the impact relevant to kidney health across the developmental stages. In utero exposures impact nephron endowment which can manifest in glomerular hyperfiltration and sclerosis as well as an increased risk of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract. Young children are at increased risk of autoimmune conditions, secondary to infectious and environmental exposures, and are also exposed to the impacts of a Western lifestyle manifesting early onset overweight/obesity. Adolescents begin to manifest more severe metabolic complications such as type 2 diabetes. The impacts of early onset diabetes are associated with aggressive kidney complications and high rates of kidney failure in young adulthood. Finally, the key elements of successful prevention and treatment strategies are discussed including the importance of screening for asymptomatic, modifiable early disease, linked with clinical primary and tertiary care follow-up, and culturally relevant and safe care.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of chronic kidney failure; CHRONIC kidney failure; GLOMERULAR filtration rate; LIFESTYLES; OBESITY; SOCIAL determinants of health; CHILD development; AUTOIMMUNE diseases; MEDICAL screening; METABOLIC disorders; ABORIGINAL Canadians; GENITOURINARY organ abnormalities; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; DISEASE risk factors; SYMPTOMS; CHILDREN; FETUS
- Publication
Pediatric Nephrology, 2022, Vol 37, Issue 3, p547
- ISSN
0931-041X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00467-021-05110-y