Risk Of ESRD Found Higher For Men Than Women.

MedPage Today  (8/20, Smith) reports that, according a study  published online in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, "about one in 40 men and one in 60 women in middle age have a high risk of developing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in their lifetimes." For men at age 40, the risk was found to be 2.66%, compared to "1.76% observed for 40-year-old women." The study was based on data in Alberta, Canada covering "1,459,937 men and 1,435,584 women, 18 or older." The study also calculated risk for those at age 50, 60, 70, and 80.