Renal outcome of type 2 diabetes in South Africa—a 12-year follow-up study

Abstract

In contrast to other studies we have shown that in a developing country renal failure in type 2 diabetic patients is a major cause of death. Determining the prognosis for an individual patient is difficult as there are wide ranges in the time of onset of proteinuria, the rise in serum creatinine and the time to ultimate progression to end-stage renal failure.