Introduction: chronic kidney disease is a public health problem by the increased prevalence, impact on quality of life and associated high costs. His diagnosis delayed, leading to require replacement therapy by dialysis and renal transplantation. Objective: to determine the relationship between renal function and the risk factors of chronic kidney disease in University officials Development 2013. Methods: across-sectional correlational study in adult subjects at the University of Development during the month of October 2013 (n = 90). Renal survey of the Ministry of Health of Chile, supplemented by a questionnaire with risk factors, validated by expert judgment with average K of 0.93 applied. Data were analyzed using SPSS v.15 ® program. Descriptive analysis based on measures of central tendency and variability. For the inferential analysis, the association assessed by Student’s t test. Results: among the risk factors are evident: 45.6% with smoking, alcohol intake with 82.2 %, 71.1 % sedentary lifestyle, consumption of anti-inflammatory in 73.3 %, poor nutrition 57.8 % excess, among others. Mean GFR ml/min/1 84 was 732 with an average serum creatinine of 0.98 mg / dl. The association between GFR and risk factors studied was significant (p < 0.05). Conclusion: alarge percentage of the population had risk factors and an association between them and the glomerular filtration rate demonstrated.