... with cardiovascular outcomes. We aimed to longitudinally assess ESA responsiveness over time and to investigate its association with specific clinical end points in a time-dependent approach. Methods: The German Diabetes and Dialysis study (4D study) included 1,255 diabetic dialysis patients, of whom 1,161 were...

...Yuya Nakamura; Masahiro Inagaki; Tatsuo Shimizu; Kiichiro Fujita; Michiyasu Inoue; Hiromichi Gotoh; Katsuji Oguchi; Yoshikazu Goto Aim: To evaluate the long-term efficacy of monotherapy with the dipeptidase-4 inhibitor alogliptin benzoate in hemodialysis (HD) patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods...

...Youssef M.K. Farag; Jameela A. Kari; Ajay K. Singh Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an emerging non-communicable disease worldwide. The Arab countries have a high prevalence of CKD risk factors, e.g. diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Unfortunately, the magnitude of CKD in the Arab world has...

... 51.2 years) compared to 55 years in 2000. Prevalence rates in males exceeded those in females. The most common identifiable renal diagnosis was biopsyproven glomerulonephritis (16.0%), followed by diabetes (14.9%). Transplantation was the most common treatment modality (48%), HD in 44% and PD 8...

... with data, 55.4% had one or more comorbidities. Diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease were the most common conditions, observed in 33.3% and 21.1% of patients respectively. 13.2% of incident RRT patients in the 2-year period were recorded as current smokers. The prevalence of comorbidity increased...

...Masaaki Inaba; Yasuaki Hayashino; Tetsuo Shoji; Takashi Akiba; Tadao Akizawa; Akira Saito; Kiyoshi Kurokawa; Shunichi Fukuhara We previously demonstrated that anemia was not associated with mortality in hemodialysis patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Since diabetes mellitus (DM...

...Caroline K. Kramer; Mirela J. Azevedo; Gabriela Teló; Jorge L. Gross Background/Aims: It has been recommended that urinary albumin be measured in sterile urine for the proper diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy. However, the association between bacteriuria and urinary albumin is controversial...

...Youssef M.K. Farag; Jamal S. Al Wakeel While the prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing worldwide, one third of the diabetic patients will eventually develop chronic kidney disease. The aim of this review is to present the available data on diabetic nephropathy and its complications...

...: Thirty-four percent of the patients were diabetic, and 50% had a history of cardiovascular disease or congestive heart failure. Median PWV was 9.8 (IQR 8.3–12.7) m/s. No significant correlations between the measured biomarkers and baseline PWV was observed. An increase in PWV (>1.5 m/s) over 6 months...

... one or more comorbidities. Diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease were the most common conditions seen in 32.9% and 22.5% of patients respectively. Current smoking was recorded for 12.4% of incident RRT patients in the 2-year period. The presence of comorbidities in patients <75 years became...

...%), followed by diabetes (14.7%). Transplantation was the most common treatment modality (48%), HD in 44% and PD 8%. However, HD was increasingly common with increasing age and transplantation less common. Conclusions: The HD and transplant population continued to expand whilst the PD population contracted...

..., 10.3% actively smoke, 39.4% have serum cholesterol concentrations >200 mg/dl, and 19.7% have diabetes mellitus. Blood pressure, age, hyperlipidemia, smoking and diabetes modulate the estimated CAD risk in males and females. Furthermore, a short time period (less than 1 year) since transplantation...

.... Most cases are idiopathic, in which there is undoubtedly a genetic predisposition, but where environmental and lifestyle factors play an important role. Indeed, it is becoming apparent that renal stone disease is often part of a larger ‘metabolic picture’ commonly associated with type 2 diabetes...

..., 53.8% had one or more comorbidities. Diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease were the most common conditions seen in 30.1% and 22.7% of patients respectively. Current smoking was recorded for 14.5% of incident RRT patients in the 6-year period. Comorbidities became more common with increasing age...

... by diabetes (14.1%). Transplantation was the most common treatment modality (47%) followed closely by HD (43%). However, HD was increasingly common with increasing older age at the expense of transplantation. Conclusions: The HD and transplant population continued to expand whilst the PD population contracted...

...Andrew Davenport; Michelle Kay Willicombe Background: Diabetic peritoneal dialysis patients have been reported to have faster peritoneal solute transport and may be at risk of reduced ultrafiltration volumes, leading to fluid overload. Methods: We audited multi-frequency bioimpedance data from 198...

...Glen T. Schumock; Dennis L. Andress; Steven E. Marx; Raimund Sterz; Amie T. Joyce; Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh Background/Aims: The objective of this study was to examine health care costs and utilization and the risks of dialysis or mortality among diabetic predialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD...

...% diabetics) were evaluated at study entry and after 12 months. Levels of urinary albumin excretion (UAE; study entry and end of study) were compared between patients remaining normoalbuminuric (RNA) and progressors to non-normoalbuminuric (NNA) levels. Results: Out of 173 patients (59 ± 13 years), 12...

...Andrew Davenport Background: Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality is increased in diabetic haemodialysis patients. Diabetic subjects may suffer greater thirst and thereby be predisposed to increased interdialytic weight gains and hypertension. Methods: 175 established adult diabetic haemodialysis...

... rates in males exceeded those in females, peaking in the 75–79 year age band for males at 2,506 pmp and in females in the 70–74 year age band at 1,314 pmp. The most common identifiable diagnosis was glomerulonephritis (15.3%) but in those over 65 it was diabetes (15.1%). The most common treatment...