Impact of chronic kidney disease definition on assessment of its incidence and risk factors in patients with newly diagnosed type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the UK: A cohort study using primary care data from the United Kingdom

The incidence and prevalence of diabetes has rapidly increased worldwide in recent decades, mainly due to the rise in obesity and other risk factors for type 2 diabetes [T2D] [1]. There has been an associated global increase in the incidence and prevalence of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) — a frequent complication of long standing and poorly controlled diabetes [2–4]. The incidence of DKD among patients with type 1 diabetes [T1D] has been decreasing, probably due to substantial improvements in the management of DKD risk factors [2].
Source: Primary Care Diabetes - Category: Primary Care Authors: Source Type: research