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KEEP Health Care Professionals
To identify individuals at increased risk for kidney disease due to complications resulting from diabetes or hypertension or who have first-degree relatives with hypertension, diabetes or kidney disease, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) offers the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP). KEEP is a free kidney health screening program designed to raise awareness about kidney disease among high risk individuals and provide free testing and educational information, so that kidney disease and its complications can be prevented or delayed.
KEEP relies on caring health care professionals and volunteers to help provide this important program in this significant early identification and detection initiative, which has already served over 100,000 participants and continues to reach over 2,500 monthly.
Health care professionals interested in learning more about KEEP or volunteering for this program can find more information and a listing of the screening planned in their area by calling 800-622-9010 for the number of a local NKF office or by visiting the KEEP Health Screening schedule page.
Resources
- "Intervene Now" Clinical Action plan
- KEEP Reference Ranges
- GFR Calculator
- NKF Research Opportunities for Health Care Professionals
- Screening for Microalbuminuria in Patients with Diabetes
- Proteinuria Algorithm
- Hypertension and Antihypertensive Agents in CKD quick Reference Guide
- Diagnosis and Management of Kidney Disease Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Infection
- KEEP Bibliography
Click this link to view articles and publications which contain additional information about KEEP and data gathered from KEEP participants. - American Journal of Kidney Disease-KEEP Annual Data Reports
- Summary Figures, Reference Tables, and Analytical Methods
- The Synergistic Relationship Between Estimated GFR and
Microalbuminuria in Predicting Long-term Progression to ESRD
or Death in Patients With Diabetes: Results From the Kidney
Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)
Amin AP, Whaley-Connell AT, Li S, Chen SC, McCullough PA, Kosiborod M, on behalf of the Kidney Early Evaluation Program Investigators. The synergistic relationship between estimated GFR and microalbuminuria in predicting long-term progression to ESRD or death in patients with diabetes: results from the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP). Am J Kidney Dis. 2013;61(suppl 2):S12-S23. - Risk Factors for ESRD in Individuals With Preserved Estimated
GFR With and Without Albuminuria: Results From the Kidney
Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)
Chang TI, Li S, Chen SC, Peralta CA, Shlipak MG, Fried LF, Whaley-Connell AT, McCullough PA, Kurella Tamura M. Risk factors for ESRD in individuals with preserved estimated GFR with and without albuminuria: results from the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP). Am J Kidney Dis. 2013;61(suppl 2):S4-S11. - Association Between Lack of Health Insurance and Risk of Death
and ESRD: Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation
Program (KEEP)
Jurkovitz CT, Li S, Norris KC, Saab G, Bomback AS, Whaley Connell A, McCullough PA, on behalf of the Kidney Early Evaluation Program Investigators. Association between lack of health insurance and risk of death and ESRD: results from the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP). Am J Kidney Dis. 2013;61(suppl 2):S24-S32.
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2012;59(3)(suppl 2):S24-S33 - Advances in CKD Detection and Determination of Prognosis:
Executive Summary of the National Kidney Foundation–Kidney
Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) 2012 Annual Data Report
Whaley-Connell AT, Kurella Tamura M, Jurkovitz CT, Kosiborod M, McCullough PA. Advances in CKD detection and determination of prognosis: executive summary of the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) 2012 Annual Data Report Executive Summary. Am J Kidney Dis. 2013;61(suppl 2):S1-S3.
- Executive Summary
- Analytical Methods
- Reference Tables
- Summary Figures
- Access to Health Care Among Adults Evaluated for CKD: Findings From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)
Varun Agrawal, MD,1 Bernard G. Jaar, MD, MPH,2,3 Xenia Y. Frisby, MD,4 Shu-Cheng Chen, MS,5 Yang Qiu, MS,5 Suying Li, PhD,5 Adam T. Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH,6 Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH,7 and Andrew S. Bomback, MD, MPH,4 on behalf of the KEEP Investigators*
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2012;59(3)(suppl 2):S5-S15 - Associations Between Access to Care and Awareness of CKD
Anuja Shah, MD,1 Linda F. Fried, MD, MPH,2 Shu-Cheng Chen, MS, MPH,3 Yang Qiu, MS,3 Suying Li, PhD,3 Kerri L. Cavanaugh, MD, MHS,4 Keith C. Norris, MD,5 Adam T. Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH,6 Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH,7 and Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, MSCR,1 on behalf of the KEEP Investigators* American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2012;59(3)(suppl 2):S16-S23 - Physician Utilization, Risk-Factor Control, and CKD Progression Among Participants in the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)
Claudine T. Jurkovitz, MD, MPH,1 Daniel Elliott, MD, MSCR,1 Suying Li, PhD,2 Georges Saab, MD,3 Andrew S. Bomback, MD, MPH,4 Keith C. Norris, MD,5 Shu-Cheng Chen, MS,2 Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH,6 and Adam T. Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH,7 on behalf of the KEEP Investigators*
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2012;59(3)(suppl 2):S24-S33 - Association of Physician Care With Mortality in Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) Participants
Georges Saab, MD,1 Shu-Cheng Chen, MS,2 Suying Li, PhD,2 Andrew S. Bomback, MD, MPH,3 Adam T. Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH,4 Claudine T. Jurkovitz, MD, MPH,5 Keith C. Norris, MD,6 and Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH,7 on behalf of the KEEP Investigators*
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2012;59(3)(suppl 2):S34-S39
- Executive summary
- Analytical Methods
- Reference Tables
- Summary Figures
- Sustainable Community-Based CKD Screening Methods Employed by the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Early Evaluation Program(KEEP)®
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH,1 Wendy W. Brown, MD, MPH,2 Monica R. Gannon, BA,3 Joseph A. Vassalotti, MD,3,4 Allan J. Collins, MD,5,6 Shu-Cheng Chen, MS,6 George L. Bakris, MD,7 and Adam T. Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH8 - Comparison of the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study Equations: Risk Factors for and Complications of CKD and Mortality in the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)®
Lesley A. Stevens, MD, MS,1 Suying Li, PhD,2 Manjula Kurella Tamura, MD, MPH,3 Shu-Cheng Chen, MS,2 Joseph A. Vassalotti, MD,4,5 Keith C. Norris, MD,6 Adam T. Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH,7 George L. Bakris, MD,8 and Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH9 - Comparison of CKD Awareness in a Screening Population Using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study and CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) Equations
Manjula Kurella Tamura, MD, MPH,1 Shuchi Anand, MD,1 Suying Li, PhD,2 Shu-Cheng Chen, MS,2 Adam T. Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH,3 Lesley A. Stevens, MD, MS,4 and Keith C. Norris, MD5 - Comparison of the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study Equations: Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Diabetes Mellitus in CKD in the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)
Samy I. McFarlane, MD, MPH,1 Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH,2 James R. Sowers, MD,3 Kyaw Soe, MD,1 Shu-Cheng Chen, MS,4 Suying Li, PhD,4 Joseph A. Vassalotti, MD,5,6 Lesley A. Stevens, MD, MS,7 Moro O. Salifu, MD, MPH,1 Manjula Kurella Tamura, MD, MPH,8 Andrew S. Bomback, MD, MPH,9 Keith C. Norris, MD,10 Allan J. Collins, MD,4,11 George L. Bakris, MD,12 and Adam T. Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH,3 on behalf of the KEEP Steering Committee*
2009 Data Report (PDF* 2.19MB)
- Tenth anniversary of the National Kidney Foundation's KEEP (PDF* 151KB)
- Executive summary (PDF* 66KB)
- Racial Differences in Kidney Function Among Individuals With Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP®) (PDF* 103KB)
Andrew S. Bomback, MD, MPH,1 Abhijit V. Kshirsagar, MD, MPH,2 Adam T. Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH,3 Shu-Cheng Chen, MS,4 Suying Li, PhD,4 Philip J. Klemmer, MD,2 Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH,5 and George L. Bakris, MD6 American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol 55, No 3, Suppl 2 (March), 2010: pp S4-S14 - Racial and Ethnic Differences in Albuminuria in Individuals With Estimated GFR Greater Than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2: Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP®) (PDF* 138KB)
Stacey E. Jolly, MD, MS,1 Nilka RÃos Burrows, MPH,2 Shu-Cheng Chen, MS,3 Suying Li, PhD,3 Claudine T. Jurkovitz, MD,4 Andrew S. Narva, MD,5 Keith C. Norris, MD,6 and Michael G. Shlipak, MPH, MD7
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol 55, No 3, Suppl 2 (March), 2010: pp S15-S22 - Prevalence of CKD and Comorbid Illness in Elderly Patients in the United States: Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP®) (PDF* 157KB)
Lesley A. Stevens, MD, MS,1 Suying Li, PhD,2 Changchun Wang, MS,2 Cindy Huang, MD, PhD,1 Bryan N. Becker, MD, MPH,3 Andrew S. Bomback, MD, MPH,4 Wendy Weinstock Brown, MD, MPH,5 Nilka RÃos Burrows, MPH,6 Claudine T. Jurkovitz, MD,7 Samy I. McFarlane, MD, MPH,8 Keith C. Norris, MD,9 Michael Shlipak, MD,10 Adam T. Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH,11 Shu-Cheng Chen, MS,2 George L. Bakris, MD,12 and Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH13
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol 55, No 3, Suppl 2 (March), 2010: pp S23-S33 - Summary Figures (PDF* 1.13 MB)
- Reference Tables(PDF* 870KB)
- Analytical Methods(PDF* 95KB)
2008 Data Report (PDF* 1.88MB)
- 2008 Slides: Executive summary:
Download Slides (PDF* 61KB) - 2008 Slides: Plasma Parathyroid Hormone Level and Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease in CKD Stages 3 and 4: An Analysis From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)
Download Slides (PDF* 114KB) - 2008 Slides: Diabetes Mellitus and CKD Awareness: The Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Download Slides (PDF* 120KB) - 2008 Slides: Hypertension in Early-Stage Kidney Disease: An Update From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)
Download Slides (PDF* 172KB) - 2008 Slides: Summary Figures
Download Slides (PDF* 1.32MB) | Download Coresponding PowerPoint & Excel Files - 2008 Slides: Reference Tables
Download Slides(PDF* 1.1MB) | Download Coresponding Excel File - 2008 Slides: Analytical Methods
Download Slides (PDF* 75KB)
2007 Data Report (PDF* 4.6MB)
- 2007 Slides: Executive summary:
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 58KB) - 2007 Slides: The Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP): Program Design and Demographic Characteristics of the Population
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 176KB) - 2007 Slides: CKD in the United States: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999 to 2004
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 233KB) - 2007 Slides: Diabetes Mellitus in CKD: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999 to 2004
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 135KB) - 2007 Slides: Hypertension and CKD: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999 to 2004
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 99KB) - 2007 Slides: CKD and Cardiovascular Disease in Screened High-Risk Volunteer and General Populations: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999 to 2004
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 120KB) - 2007 Slides: Prevalence and Associations of Anemia of CKD: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999 to 2004
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 121KB) - 2007 Slides: Trends in Mineral Metabolism: Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999 to 2004
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 148KB) - 2007 Slides: Participant Follow-Up in the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) After Initial Detection
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 84KB) - 2007 Slides: Standardization of Serum Creatinine and Estimated GFR in the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 262KB) - 2007 Slides: Applying an Expanded Set of Cognitive Design Principles to Formatting the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) Longitudinal Survey
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 504KB) - 2007 Slides: Chapter Eleven: Reference tables
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 2.3MB) - 2007 Slides: Chapter Twelve: Analytical methods
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 156KB)
2006 Data Report (PDF* 5.6MB)
- 2006 Slides: Executive summary:
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 1.0MB) - 2006 Slides: Chapter One: Introduction
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 1.0MB) - 2006 Slides: Chapter Two: Participant Demographics
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 1.9MB) - 2006 Slides: Chapter Three: Health History
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 3.0MB) - 2006 Slides: Chapter Four: Diabetes & Hypertension
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 1.6MB) - 2006 Slides: Chapter Five: Chronic Kidney Disease
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 2.9MB) - 2006 Slides: Chapter Six: Anemia & Chronic Kidney Disease
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 1.2MB); - 2006 Slides: Chapter Seven: Analytical methods
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 1.2MB) - 2006 Slides: Chapter Eight: Reference tables
View Slides | Download Slides (PDF* 1.2MB)
2005 Data Report (PDF* 3.1MB)
- 2005 Slides: Chapter One: Introduction (PDF* 1.0MB)
- 2005 Slides: Chapter Two: Participant Demographics (PDF* 1.9MB)
- 2005 Slides: Chapter Three: Health History (PDF* 3.0MB)
- 2005 Slides: Chapter Four: Diabetes & Hypertension (PDF* 1.6MB)
- 2005 Slides: Chapter Five: Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF* 2.9MB)
- 2005 Slides: Chapter Six: Anemia & Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF* 1.2MB)
2004 Data Report (PDF* 2.9MB)
- 2004 Slides: Chapter One: Introduction (PDF* 692KB)
- 2004 Slides: Chapter Two: Participant Characteristics (PDF* 1.6MB)
- 2004 Slides: Chapter Three: Diabetes & Hypertension (PDF* 1.0MB)
- 2004 Slides: Chapter Four: Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF* 1.1MB)
- 2004 Slides: Chapter Five: Anemia & Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF* 1.8MB)
- 2004 Slides: Chapter Six: Medical Intervention (PDF* 198KB)
2003 Data Report (PDF* 1.3MB)
- 2003 Slides: Chapter One: Introduction (PDF* 233KB)
- 2003 Slides: Chapter Two: Participant Characteristics (PDF* 195KB)
- 2003 Slides: Chapter Three: Obesity & Body Mass Index (PDF* 137KB)
- 2003 Slides: Chapter Four: Major Risk Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF* 181KB)
- 2003 Slides: Chapter Five: Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF* 137KB)
- 2003 Slides: Chapter Six: Anemia & Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF* 134KB)
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