Beware CKD in diabetes even if no proteinuria

Type 2 diabetes patients with elevated HbA1c levels are at an increased risk of chronic kidney disease even in the absence of albuminuria or retinopathy, a study suggests. Researchers found a strong association between higher HbA1c levels and chronic kidney disease in the 11-year study of 2000 patients with type 2 diabetes, independent of the two hallmarks of microvascular damage....