Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

To explore the relationship between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a representative population of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) patients in Catalonia (Spain). This was a population-based, cross-sectional study. A total of 28,344 patients diagnosed with DM2 who had rec...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2016-02, Vol.11 (2), p.e0149448-e0149448
Hauptverfasser: Rodríguez-Poncelas, Antonio, Mundet-Tudurí, Xavier, Miravet-Jiménez, Sonia, Casellas, Aina, Barrot-De la Puente, Joan F, Franch-Nadal, Josep, Coll-de Tuero, Gabriel
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Zusammenfassung:To explore the relationship between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a representative population of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) patients in Catalonia (Spain). This was a population-based, cross-sectional study. A total of 28,344 patients diagnosed with DM2 who had recorded ophthalmologic and renal functional examinations were evaluated. Data were obtained from a primary healthcare electronic database of medical records. CKD was defined as an estimated glomerular filtration ratio (eGFR) of
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0149448