Association between atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases risk and renal outcome in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Honghong RenLijun ZhaoYutong ZouYiting WangJunlin ZhangYucheng WuRui ZhangTingli WangJiali WangYitao ZhuRuikun GuoHuan XuLin LiMark E CooperFang Liu

Published in: Renal failure (2021)

DKD patients even in CKD stage 1 had comparable ASCVD risk score to patients in CKD stage 2, 3, and 4. Higher ASCVD risk indicated severe renal insufficiency, while no prognostic value of ASVCD risk for renal outcome was observed, which implied macroangiopathy and microangiopathy in patients with DKD were related, but relatively independent.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
cardiovascular disease
prognostic factors
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome