Projections of Prevalence of Diabetes With and Without CKD in Southwestern American-Indians

The combination of high diabetes prevalence, declining mortality trends and high chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence has raised concerns about the future burden of CKD in the American Indian population. We modeled the future prevalence of diabetes and CKD in a Southwestern American Indian population well-characterized for type 2 diabetes using data from research examinations conducted on 4,476 participants between 1965 and 2007. Diabetes was...