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. 2018 Oct 11;19:257. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-1062-7

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Fig. 2 — Age specific incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Kurdistan, Jordan, and the United States (US. After approximately 55 years of age, there is a marked increase in age specific ESRD incidence in Jordan and the US. This is not seen in Kurdistan and is attributed to low rates of diabetic ESRD in the elderly (assigned cause of ESRD: Kurdistan, diabetes 23%, hypertension, 18%, glomerulonephritis, 12%; Jordan, diabetes 54%, hypertension, 26%, glomerulonephritis, 4%; US, diabetes 44%, hypertension, 28%, glomerulonephritis, 6%)