Incidence and Predictors of Chronic Kidney Disease among Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Retrospective Follow-Up Study at a Tertiary Health-Care Setting of Ethiopia.
Gebiso Roba DebeleMohammedamin HajureHaileab Fekadu WoldeMelaku Kindie YenitPublished in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2021)
CKD among DM patients continues to be a significant public health problem in health-care settings of Ethiopia. The current study found being female was protective, while positive proteinuria, HTN, and HDL-C <40 mg/dL were risk factors for CKD. We recommend health professionals to give more attention to DM patients with the identified risk factors.