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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) are the most incident causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD) worldwide. T2DM has prevailed in most countries, while SAH domains in Brazil. However, recent studies show this scenario is changing. This study aims to analyze the prevalence of T2DM and SAH as secondary causes of CKD mortality in Brazil, Latin America and the World, since shifts in CKD death outcomes are strongly related with its etiological pattens.
Aguiar et al. (Mon,) studied this question.