Prevalence of normoalbuminuric chronic kidney disease among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus from India

A subset of diabetic individuals are known to develop progressive renal insufficiency without albuminuria, referred to as normoalbuminuric chronic kidney disease (NACKD). There is, however, a paucity of studies regarding this condition in India. So, this study, aimed to find the prevalence of normoa...

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Published in:Indian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994) India : 1994), 2023-02
Main Authors: Jayakumari, Chellamma, Gomez, Ramesh, Dipin, Sasidharan, Jayakumar, R V, Vijayakumar, Karthik, Sreenath, Ravindranath, Ajeesh, Thulaseedharan, Jabbar, Puthiyaveettil Khadar, Das, Darvin Vamadevan, Gopi, Giri Vishnu, Seena, Thadathil Pandarakandy, Nair, Abilash
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Summary:A subset of diabetic individuals are known to develop progressive renal insufficiency without albuminuria, referred to as normoalbuminuric chronic kidney disease (NACKD). There is, however, a paucity of studies regarding this condition in India. So, this study, aimed to find the prevalence of normoalbuminuric renal dysfunction and its clinical associations in diabetic Indian population. Medical record search of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at a tertiary care centre was done. Based on the urinary albumin:creatinine ratio (>30 mg/g creatinine) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (e-GFR) (
ISSN:0971-5916