Predictors of early renal function decline in Type 1 diabetes: retinopathy

We were interested to read the recent article in Diabetic Medicine by Bjornstad et al. [1], who found that high estimated GFR (eGFR) and albumin excretion rates predicted early renal function decline in 91/308 people with Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Early renal function decline is defined as a three- to fivefold increase in annual eGFR loss compared with the normal physiology of aging (~1 ml/min/1.73m /year). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.