Dataset from: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and associated risk in rural South Africa: a population-based cohort study

The African Research on Kidney Disease (ARK) Consortium is a multicenter partnership between Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. The study sites for the ARK Consortium are nested within population cohorts hosted by the Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU), the Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute (MRC/UVRI) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit; and the Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, South Africa. Our primary objectives were to determine chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence (estimated from serum creatinine) and identify associated risk factors.

非洲肾脏病研究联盟（African Research on Kidney Disease, ARK）是由马拉维、南非、乌干达及英国共建的多中心合作项目。该联盟的研究站点嵌套于以下机构所托管的人群队列中：马拉维流行病学与干预研究组（Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, MEIRU）、医学研究理事会/乌干达病毒研究所（Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, MRC/UVRI）、伦敦卫生与热带医学院（London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, LSHTM）乌干达研究部，以及南非医学研究理事会/金山大学农村公共卫生与健康转型研究组。本研究的核心目标为确定慢性肾脏病（chronic kidney disease, CKD）的患病率（通过血清肌酐估算），并明确其相关危险因素。