Risk Factors for Proteinuria
| About risk factors: Risk factors for Proteinuria are factors that do not seem to be a direct cause of the disease, but seem to be associated in some way. Having a risk factor for Proteinuria makes the chances of getting a condition higher but does not always lead to Proteinuria. Also, the absence of any risk factors or having a protective factor does not necessarily guard you against getting Proteinuria. For general information and a list of risk factors, see the risk center. |
Risk factor list: The list of risk factors mentioned for Proteinuria in various sources includes:
- African Americans
- American Indians
- Hispanic Americans
- Pacific Islander Americans
- Older people
- Overweight
- Family history of kidney disease
- Kidney disease
- Diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Type 1 diabetes
- High blood pressure
Risk factors discussion: African Americans are more likely than white Americans to have high blood pressure and to develop kidney problems from it, even when their blood pressure is only mildly elevated. In fact, African Americans ages 25 to 44 are 20 times more likely than their white counterparts to develop hypertension-related kidney failure. High blood pressure is the leading cause of kidney failure among African Americans.
Other groups at risk for proteinuria are American Indians, Hispanic
Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, older people, and overweight
people. People who have a family history of kidney disease should also
have their urine tested regularly.
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Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Proteinuria: NIDDK
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