Why the study?
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing globally and diabetic kidney disease is a common complication, but incidence and associations of chronic kidney disease in newly diagnosed patients need evaluation.
Population
153 patients with newly diagnosed type 2 DM over the past six months
Design
Comparative cross-sectional study
Authors
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Supports early DKD screening at type 2 DM diagnosis; leaves open causal associations pending prospective data.
A substantial proportion (45.75%) of patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes already have diabetic kidney disease, highlighting the critical need for routine screening at the time of diagnosis.
Aboelnasr et al. (2020) studied this question.
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