assessment of risk factors for chronic kidney disease in djamaa (el oued, algeria) population

Purpose: this study was conducted aiming at evaluating some risk factors in patients with chronic kidney disease (ckd) in djamaa (el oued, algeria) region. materials and methods: our study is based on 77 voluntary individuals divided into healthy man and women reserved as a control with average age of 46.61± 2.84 years old and ckd patients with average age of 46.03± 2.95 years old; their origin covers the whole djamaa (el oued, algeria) region and they were selected from the dialysis service of saad dehleb hospital djamaa (el oued algeria). risk of certain socio-clinical factors has been estimated by the determination of the value of odd ratio (or). results: our study reports show a strong association between clinical factors such as diabetes, urinary problems and arterial hyper pressure (or= 5.135, 6.60 and 78.276; p ≤0.05) with chronic kidney disease, respectively, but in this study we show that the renal herbal medicine and history of kidney disease are the most dangerous risk factors, (or = 20.00, or =25,45 ; p≤0.001), respectively, for spices and amount of water (or ranging from 0.232 to 0.352; p ≤0.032) are important protective factors against this disease. conclusion: lifestyle is a contributing factor in ckd attainment in the region of djamaa (el oued, algeria), which requires high sensitivity to modify these behaviors for limited progression of the disease in this region