Seyed Bahman Ghaderian
1, Seyed Seifollah Beladi-Mousavi
2*1 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Chronic Renal Failure Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Seyed Seifollah Beladi-Mousavi, Chronic Renal Failure Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. , Email:
beladimusavi@yahoo.com
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education
Everyone with risk factors of chronic kidney disease (CKD) such as high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, family history of CKD and proteinuria should be educated about the benefits of early identification of the disease and subsequent kidney protection through appropriate interventions.
Please cite this paper as: Ghaderian SB, Beladi-Mousavi SS. The role of diabetes and hypertension in chronic kidney disease. J Renal Inj Prev 2014; 3(4): 109-110. DOI: 10.12861/jrip.2014.31