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SUBMITTER: Ravender R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10816477 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ravender Raja R Roumelioti Maria-Eleni ME Schmidt Darren W DW Unruh Mark L ML Argyropoulos Christos C
Journal of clinical medicine 20240108 2
Diabetes mellitus (DM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are common in middle aged and older adult individuals. DM may accelerate the aging process, and the age-related declines in the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) can pose a challenge to diagnosing diabetic kidney disease (DKD) using standard diagnostic criteria especially with the absence of severe albuminuria among older adults. In the presence of CKD and DM, older adult patients may need multidisciplinary care due to susceptibil ...[more]