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Diabetic retinopathy may help screen for CKD progression risk
The risk for chronic kidney disease progression is relatively high in the United States, and the presence of diabetic retinopathy may be a valuable screening tool for adults with diabetes to determine those at high risk for progression, study data show. Meda E. Pavkov, MD, PhD, of the division for diabetes translation of the CDC, and colleagues evaluated data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2005-2008) on 387 adults with diabetes and CKD, representing 4.9 million U.S. adults, to determine the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and severe diabetic (Read more...)