Disproportionately high incidence of diabetes-related end-stage renal disease in the Canary Islands. An analysis based on estimated population at risk | Zendy

V. Lorenzo | Zendy; Mauro Boronat | Zendy; Pedro Saavedra | Zendy; Margarita Rufino | Zendy; B Maceira | Zendy; Francisco J. Nóvoa | Zendy; Armando Torres | Zendy

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Disproportionately high incidence of diabetes-related end-stage renal disease in the Canary Islands. An analysis based on estimated population at risk

Author(s) -

V. Lorenzo,

Mauro Boronat,

Pedro Saavedra,

Margarita Rufino,

B Maceira,

Francisco J. Nóvoa,

Armando Torres

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfp761

Subject(s) - medicine , population , incidence (geometry) , demography , poisson regression , diabetes mellitus , relative risk , end stage renal disease , epidemiology , gerontology , disease , environmental health , confidence interval , endocrinology , physics , sociology , optics

An exceptionally high incidence of diabetes-related end-stage renal disease (DM-ESRD) has been reported in the Canary Islands. This phenomenon was attributed to an increased prevalence of diabetes in this community. We compared the incidence of DM-ESRD in the Canary Islands with the rest of Spain among the estimated number of individuals at risk (people with diabetes in the population).

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