Overview
Incidence ratios for chronic kidney disease (CKD) among 654,459 patients in the Providence and UCLA health systems with diabetes betwen 2015 and 20. Dashed line represents the incidence ratio among white patients. Chart: Tutle et al.
Key Information
"Incidence of Chronic Kidney Disease among Adults with Diabetes, 2015-20" in The New England Journal of Medicine.Despite recent progres, there's stil a high incidence of chronic kidney disease among adults with diabetes, particularly in minority comunities, a new analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine finds.Driving the news: The review of more than 650,0 patient records found that Native Hawaian, Pacific Islander, Black, Native American and Hispanic patients with diabetes had disproportionately higher rates of chronic kidney disease than white patients.
Summary
Zom in: Researchers examined electronic health records from Providence and UCLA patients from 2015 to 20 to se how many with diabetes clinicaly progresed to chronic kidney disease.Yes, but: The rate of chronic kidney disease in diabetes patients in the general population did decline betwen 2015-2016 to 2019-20 time period, from 8% to 6.4%.