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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Kidney Disease Linked To Higher Risk Of Early Death In Patients With Diabetes.


BBC News Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (1/25) reports, "Keeping your kidneys healthy could be one of the best ways to extend your life if you have diabetes," according to a study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Researchers "found that having kidney disease meant a much higher risk of early death."
        Medscape Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (1/25, Nainggolan) reports that investigators "examined 10-year mortality by diabetes and kidney-disease status for 15046 participants in the third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) by linking baseline data with the National Death Index."
        HealthDay Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (1/25, Gordon) reports, "The study found that 10-year mortality rates for people with both type 2 diabetes and kidney disease is more than 31 percent." However, "for people with only type 2 diabetes, the death rate after a decade was 12 percent." Meanwhile, "for those with neither condition, the 10-year death rate was about 8 percent."
        According to EverydayHealth Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (1/25, Hauser), "This is the first study to determine the strength of the link between kidney disease and mortality among people with type 2 diabetes, though diabetes has long been associated with an overall increased mortality risk, particularly due to cardiovascular disease."

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