Incidence of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the diabetic compared with the non-diabetic population in a German region, 2002-08

Abstract

In this population-based study in a German region, we found the relative risk of RRT in the estimated adult diabetic population to be 8-fold increased compared with the non-diabetic population. A high proportion of the RRT risk can be attributed to diabetes in the diabetic as well as in the whole population.