Nonproteinuric Versus Proteinuric Phenotypes in Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of a Nationwide, Biopsy-Based Cohort Study.
Masayuki YamanouchiKengo FuruichiJunichi HoshinoTadashi ToyamaAkinori HaraMiho ShimizuKeiichi KinowakiTakeshi FujiiKenichi OhashiYukio YuzawaHiroshi KitamuraYoshiki SuzukiHiroshi SatoNoriko UesugiSatoshi HisanoYoshihiko UedaShinichi NishiHitoshi YokoyamaTomoya NishinoKen-Ichi SamejimaKentaro KohaguraYugo ShibagakiKoki MiseHirofumi MakinoSeiichi MatsuoYoshifumi UbaraTakashi Wadanull nullPublished in: Diabetes care (2019)
Patients with nonproteinuric diabetic kidney disease had better-controlled blood pressure and fewer typical morphological changes and were at lower risk of CKD progression and all-cause mortality.