Cerebral Macrovascular Disease Predicts Renal Failure in Type 2 Diabetes

Cerebral Macrovascular Disease Predicts Renal Failure in Type 2 Diabetes: In patients with Type 2 diabetes, silent cerebral infarction signaled an increased risk for progressive renal disease and renal failure, independent of microalbuminuria, according to a new study. During a mean 7.5 years of follow-up, patients with diabetes and silent cerebral infarction had higher risks for progressive renal disease. Compared with patients with normal brain MRI scans, those with silent cerebral infarction were about 2.5 times more likely to die or develop end-stage renal disease, the primary outcome. The patients' risk for declining renal function or dialysis was nearly five times higher. See this week's Item #7.