Insulin resistance, diabetic kidney disease, and all-cause mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Background It is unclear whether insulin resistance (IR) contributes to excess mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes independent of diabetic kidney disease (DKD), which is strongly associated with IR and is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), the main cause of death i...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Penno, Anna Solini, Emanuela Orsi, Enzo Bonora, Cecilia Fondelli, Roberto Trevisan, Monica Vedovato, Franco Cavalot, Gianpaolo Zerbini, Olga Lamacchia, Antonio Nicolucci, Giuseppe Pugliese, for the Renal Insufficiency And Cardiovascular Events (RIACE) Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01936-3