Temporal trends in the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease in the United States

IH de Boer, TC Rue, YN Hall, PJ Heagerty, NS Weiss… - Jama, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease in the developed world. Over time,
the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) may increase due to the expanding size of
the diabetes population or decrease due to the implementation of diabetes therapies.
Objective To define temporal changes in DKD prevalence in the United States. Design,
Setting, and Participants Cross-sectional analyses of the Third National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES III) from 1988-1994 (N= 15 073), NHANES 1999-2004 (N …