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Are you at least 60? Or do you have diabetes or high blood pressure? What about a family history of kidney disease, heart attack, or stroke? Are you of African, Hispanic, Pacific Island, or Native American descent? People in any of those groups should make particularly certain that their next doctor’s visit includes having a urine sample checked for a protein called albumin and a blood sample checked for a waste product of muscle metabolism called creatinine, to detect chronic kidney disease.
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