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Global, regional and national burden of hypertension-associated chronic kidney disease attributable to high and low temperature from 1990 to 2021 and projections to 2050: a finding from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study found that both hot and cold weather raises the risk of kidney disease linked to high blood pressure, especially in older adults — but because it looked at population data over 30 years, it shows a link, not proof that temperature causes kidney harm.

Who did this work

Kong D · Hu R · Li J · Li L · Wu H · Li S · Wu W

Source

Article · PubMed, Climate, heat and the kidney · 2026 Aug 31
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42671942/