. 2022 Oct 6;27(12):917–924. doi: 10.1111/nep.14113

TABLE 2.

Medication adherence in various CKD populations

Chronic kidney disease

Approximately 30% of people are non‐adherent to blood pressure lowering medications ¹⁴ , ¹⁵ resulting in an estimated 57% increased risk for progression to ESKD, and a 45% and 126% increased risk of cardiovascular events and death, respectively ¹⁵ , ¹⁶

Dialysis

Similar to CKD populations, approximately 38% of people are non‐adherent to blood pressure lowering medications ²

Non‐adherence rates for phosphate binders average 50%

Transplant

Estimated non‐adherence to immunosuppression estimated to be 36% among kidney transplant recipients (compared to 7–15% in other transplant populations) ¹⁷ resulting in 1.5 times the risk of acute rejection and 65% higher risk of graft loss ¹⁸