Why the study?
Normoalbuminuric diabetic kidney disease is a newly defined entity whose clinical features and pathogenesis are still being understood.
Population
1620 hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Comparison
Four groups based on presence or absence of albuminuria and reduced eGFR
Design
Retrospective cross-sectional study
Authors
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May flag high-CV-risk NADKD in older well-controlled T2DM on RASIs; leaves open distinct mechanisms and whether practice should change.
Normoalbuminuric diabetic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes is independently associated with older age, previous use of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, and lower HbA1c, and is linked to a higher prevalence of macrovascular complications.
Dai et al. (2021) studied this question.
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