Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology

Disease1 paper3 findings

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Associations

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Cadmium

upin humans1Very low certainty

1 study

Cadmium is associated with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in humans (ρ = 0.34).
HumansSpearman correlation
Deciphering Geoenvironmental Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology: An Integrated Trace-Metal, Hydrological and Explainable Machine-Learning Framework for the Sri Lankan Dry Zone · Research Square · 8 Sep 2026 · Preprint
Cadmium raises the risk of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in humans (IRR = 2.027).
Humanscase-count model
Deciphering Geoenvironmental Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology: An Integrated Trace-Metal, Hydrological and Explainable Machine-Learning Framework for the Sri Lankan Dry Zone · Research Square · 8 Sep 2026 · Preprint

Lead

upin humans1Very low certainty

1 study

Lead raises the risk of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in humans (IRR = 1.0013).
Humanscase-count model
Deciphering Geoenvironmental Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology: An Integrated Trace-Metal, Hydrological and Explainable Machine-Learning Framework for the Sri Lankan Dry Zone · Research Square · 8 Sep 2026 · Preprint

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Research SquareHumansPreprint9 Sep

Deciphering Geoenvironmental Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology: An Integrated Trace-Metal, Hydrological and Explainable Machine-Learning Framework for the Sri Lankan Dry Zone