Shervin Assari
1,2*1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2 Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Shervin Assari, 4250 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Phone: 734-232-0445; Fax: 734-615-8739; , Email:
assari@umich.edu
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
In the United States, Blacks are at higher risk of morbidity and mortality associated with chronic kidney diseases compared to Whites. While only 13% of Americans are Black, 32% of kidney failures occur among Blacks. This problem becomes even more tragic given lower access of Blacks to kidney transplantation.
Please cite this paper as: Assari S. Racial disparities in chronic kidney diseases in the United States; a pressing public health challenge with social, behavioral and medical causes. J Nephropharmacol. 2016;5(1):4-6.