A recent cohort study has shown that cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is associated with increased albuminuria and decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at baseline and is predictive of a subsequent decline in eGFR. Could CAN be used to identify patients who are at increased risk of early decline in eGFR?
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Jerums, G., MacIsaac, R. Predicting renal function decline in patients with T2DM. Nat Rev Endocrinol 10, 381–382 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2014.75
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