OBESITY HAS a stronger impact on the incidence of hypertension among Chinese Asians than in American whites and American blacks, researchers reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology (2008;167:1365-1374).

STOCKHOLM—Researchers in Vienna have found that higher levels of uric acid are associated with an increased risk of new-onset kidney disease. The new findings add to a growing body of data supporting such an association, including a recently published study by an American team.

THE PREVALENCE of CKD among adults in Beijing, China is 13%, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (2008;51:373-384).

GRAPEVINE, Tex.—Patients with the metabolic syndrome and decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) are at increased risk of having peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a study shows.

Researchers who studied a large cohort of Chinese men found an inverse relationship between alcohol consumption and end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Thailand has a "remarkably high" prevalence of CKD among individuals aged 35 years and older, according to Thai and Australian researchers.

Acute renal failure (ARF) in Scotland occurs more frequently than previously thought, according to new research.

Among Canadian dialysis patients, those of East Asian and Indo Asian origin are less likely to receive a renal transplant than white patients, data show.

Moderate coffee consumption is associated with a reduced risk of having diabetes, according to researchers in Greece.

ACUTE RENAL failure (ARF) is on the increase in the United States, according to a study that researchers say provides the most accurate estimates of ARF incidence to date.