Development and progression of nephropathy in type 2 diabetes: The United Kingdom
Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS 64). Background The progression of nephropathy from …

The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) 2012 Clinical Practice Guideline
for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) serves to update the …

Context: Maternal subclinical hypothyroidism during pregnancy is associated with various
adverse outcomes. Recent consensus guidelines do not advocate universal thyroid function …

OBJECTIVE To establish the relation between socioeconomic status and the age-sex specific
prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The hypothesis was that prevalence of …

Background Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes are a high-risk population who are
recommended to strive for optimal glucose control, but neonatal outcomes attributed to maternal …

Background Results of previous studies suggest that renin-angiotensin system blockers
might reduce the burden of diabetic retinopathy. We therefore designed the DIabetic …

Background Diabetic retinopathy remains a leading cause of visual loss in people of
working age. We examined whether candesartan treatment could slow the progression and, …

Objectives: To establish the age and sex specific mortality for people with diabetes in
comparison with local and national background populations; to investigate the relationship …

Background: Microalbuminuria in diabetes is strongly predictive of nephropathy, end-stage
renal disease, and premature cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Effective preventive …

… Rudy Bilous would like to dedicate this book firstly, to all of the people with diabetes for whom
he has had the privilege of caring in over 40 years of practice; and to his DSN partner and …