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Patient and disease characteristics of type-2 diabetes patients with or without chronic kidney disease: an analysis of the German DPV and DIVE databases.

Peter BramlageStefanie LanzingerGesine van MarkEva HessSimon FahrnerChristoph H J HeyerMathias FriebeJochen SeufertThomas DanneReinhard W Holl
Published in: Cardiovascular diabetology (2019)
The results illustrate the prevalence and morbidity burden associated with diabetic kidney disease in patients with T2DM in Germany. The data call for more attention to the presence of chronic kidney disease in patients with diabetes, should trigger intensified risk factor control up and beyond the control of blood glucose and HbA1c in these patients. They may also serve as a trigger for future investigations into this patient population asking for new treatment options to be developed.
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