Risk of chronic kidney disease in young adults with impaired glucose tolerance/impaired fasting glucose: a retrospective cohort study using electronic primary care records

Abstract Background The risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is known to be elevated in patients with diabetes mellitus but the risk of young adults aged 18 to 40 years with impaired glucose tolerance/impaired fasting glucose (IGT/IFG) developing CKD is not well characterised. Furthermore, progressi...

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Main Authors: Ferozkhan Jadhakhan, Tom Marshall, Ronan Ryan, Paramjit Gill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-0834-4

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