Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Renal Impairment in a Large Outpatient Electronic Medical Records Database: Rates of Diagnosis and Antihyperglycemic Medication Dose Adjustment

Abstract

Renal impairment is common but often undetected in patients with T2DM. Patients with a documented RI diagnosis have lower odds of progression to end-stage RI. Metformin and sitagliptin are frequently used at inappropriate doses in patients with RI. Further analyses to understand the clinical and economic consequences of these findings are needed.