The prognosis of subjects showing a reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate without albuminuria in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: a cohort study for diabetic kidney disease

• Published in: Clinical and experimental nephrology Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 1033 - 1043
• Main Authors: Ito, Hiroyuki, Antoku, Shinichi, Izutsu, Takuma, Kusano, Eiji, Matsumoto, Suzuko, Yamasaki, Tomoko, Mori, Toshiko, Togane, Michiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nephrology; Original Article; Urology; End-stage kidney disease; Diabetic nephropathy; Cardiovascular event; Albuminuria; Estimated glomerular filtration rate; Diabetic kidney disease

Background To determine the renal and cardiovascular prognosis and all-cause mortality of Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes showing a reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) without albuminuria. Methods A population of 675 patients with type 2 diabetes was prospectively observed for...