Normoalbuminuric diabetic kidney disease in the US population
BACKGROUND: This study sought to compare the prevalence and modifying factors of
normoalbuminuric (NA) versus albuminuric (ALB) CKD in the US diabetic and nondiabetic
populations. METHODS: NHANES 2001–2008 included 2798 diabetic and 15,743
nondiabetic participants. Age-specific prevalence of NA-CKD and ALB-CKD was calculated
within each diabetes stratum and then stratified again according to gender, ethnicity, mean
arterial pressure≥ 105mmHg and HbA1c≥ 7%. Multivariate regression analyses were …
normoalbuminuric (NA) versus albuminuric (ALB) CKD in the US diabetic and nondiabetic
populations. METHODS: NHANES 2001–2008 included 2798 diabetic and 15,743
nondiabetic participants. Age-specific prevalence of NA-CKD and ALB-CKD was calculated
within each diabetes stratum and then stratified again according to gender, ethnicity, mean
arterial pressure≥ 105mmHg and HbA1c≥ 7%. Multivariate regression analyses were …