Independent risk factors of rapid glomerular filtration rate decline in patients with type 2 diabetes with preserved kidney function and normoalbuminuria: A multicenter cohort study.
Daishi HiranoHiroyuki Unoki-KubotaToshiyuki ImasawaRitsuko Yamamoto-HondaHiroshi KajioShigeo YamashitaYuka FukazawaNaoto SekiMitsuhiko NodaYasushi KaburagiPublished in: Journal of diabetes investigation (2023)
In patients with type 2 diabetes with preserved renal function and normoalbuminuria, lower hemoglobin levels were a risk factor for rapid decliners, where disturbed iron metabolism might precede the development of diabetic kidney disease.