Association of impaired kidney function with mortality in rural Uganda: results of a general population cohort study

• Robert Kalyesubula,
• Liam Smeeth,
• Laurie A Tomlinson,
• Janet Seeley,
• Robert Newton,
• Christian Holm Hansen,
• Keith Tomlin,
• Isaac Sekitoleko,
• Billy Ssebunya,
• Ronald Makanga,
• Moses Kwizera Mbonye

Affiliations

Robert Kalyesubula

consultant nephrologist

Liam Smeeth

Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Laurie A Tomlinson

Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Janet Seeley

Social Science & Research Ethics Unit, Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa

Robert Newton

MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Christian Holm Hansen

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Keith Tomlin

1London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Isaac Sekitoleko

Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Billy Ssebunya

Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Ronald Makanga

Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Moses Kwizera Mbonye

Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda