The CKiD Study Is Out

Complications of chronic kidney disease occur earlier in children

The Chronic Kidney Disease in Children study is out. Growth failure, metabolic abnormalities, even cardiovascular disease are risk factors. The NIH funded study found intensive management should begin early.

Many experts previously thought that complications of kidney disease, such as anemia, acidosis and elevated potassium and phosphate, did not usually happen until kidney function was much worse. Until this study, Children with chronic kidney disease were rarely systematically assessed.

CKiD is a multi-center, prospective study of children and teenagers ages 1 to 16 years with mild to moderate impairment of kidney function, defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) between 90 and 30. Forty-eight sites in the United States and two in Canada are following 586 children.