Racial disparities in end-stage renal disease in a high-risk population: the Southern Community Cohort Study

The Southern Community Cohort Study is a prospective study of low socioeconomic status (SES) blacks and whites from the southeastern US, where the burden of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and its risk factors are high. We tested whether the 2.4-fold elevated risk of ESRD we previously observed in blacks compared to whites was explained by differences in baseline kidney function. We conducted a case-cohort study of incident ESRD cases (n = 737)...