Tunisian Clinical Registry on Chronic Kidney Disease in Hypertensive Patients. National Multicentric Cross Section Survey.

In Tunisia, high blood pressure (HTN) is a public health problem whose prevalence varies from 28.7% to 34.7%. Hypertension can be both, cause and consequence of chronic kidney disease, and its prevalence is quite high in this population. It is both a risk factor for mortality and cardiovascular morbidity, but also a major cause of terminal chronic kidney disease becoming an additional public health concern.

Detecting and diagnosing chronic kidney in all hypertensives at an early stage remains a global public health challenge. A well-conducted treatment makes it possible to reach the blood pressure objective but also to reduce the risk of occurrence of a cardiovascular event and to slow the progression of chronic kidney disease.

In Tunisia, few data exists concerning the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in hypertensive subjects, thus limiting the development and elaboration of preventive measures. A national survey will thus be conducted by the "Kidney and Metabolic Diseases" Working Group under the aegis of the Tunisian Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation. The main objective is to estimate the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in hypertensive tunisian patients.