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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-03-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01936-3 |