Chifukwa chofala kwambiri chamatenda aimpso kulephera ndi matenda a shuga, kaya amtundu woyamba kapena wachiŵiri. Izi zili choncho chifukwa matenda a shuga amawononga mitsempha yaing’ono ya magazi, kuphatikizapo imene ili mkati mwa impso. Nthawi zambiri, matenda omwe amayambitsa matenda amtima amakhalanso pachiwopsezo cha matenda a impso. Ukalamba, kuthamanga kwa magazi, kunenepa kwambiri, shuga, kusuta komanso kutsika kwa cholesterol ya HDL ("cholesterol yabwino")¹. Zina zomwe zingayambitse matenda a impso, kuphatikizapo zotsatirazi:

• Pyelonephritis (matenda a impso);
• Polycystic impso matenda;
• Matenda a autoimmune, monga systemic lupus erythematosus;

• Kutsekeka kwa thirakiti la mkodzo (monga mu prostate yowonjezera);
• Kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala opangidwa ndi impso, monga mankhwala ena a khansa.