Kidney Failure Trends in People with Diabetes: The Looming Epidemic

Chronic kidney disease (CKD), an important complication of diabetes, is associated with serious adverse outcomes including onset of kidney failure, accelerated cardiovascular disease, poor quality of life and premature death.[1] With the rising prevalence of diabetes coupled with increased life expectancy, number of people with CKD due to diabetes is expected to rise worldwide, in particular in Asia.[2] Up to 40% of patients with type 2 diabetes develop kidney failure that requires renal replacement therapy (KRT) through hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD) or transplantation for survival.

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