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 |
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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 |
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ISSN: | 1932-6203 1932-6203 |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0149448 |