Miho Shimizu, Kengo Furuichi, Tadashi Toyama, Tomoaki Funamoto, Shinji Kitajima, Akinori Hara, Daisuke Ogawa, Daisuke Koya, Kenzo Ikeda, Yoshitaka Koshino, Yukie Kurokawa, Hideharu Abe, Kiyoshi Mori, Masaaki Nakayama, Yoshio Konishi, Ken-Ichi Samejima, Masaru Matsui, Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Tomohito Gohda, Kei Fukami, Daisuke Nagata, Hidenori Yamazaki, Yukio Yuzawa, Yoshiki Suzuki, Shouichi Fujimoto, Shoichi Maruyama, Sawako Kato, Takero Naito, Kenichi Yoshimura, Hitoshi Yokoyama, Takashi Wada
BACKGROUND: There is increased interest in surrogate endpoints for clinical trials of chronic kidney disease. METHODS: In this nationwide observational study of 456 patients with type 2 diabetes and clinically suspected diabetic nephropathy followed for a median of 4.2 years, we evaluated the association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albuminuria at baseline or during follow-up and risk of ESRD. RESULTS: Low eGFR (<60 mL/min/1...
April 2018: Clinical and Experimental Nephrology