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E.A. Friedman, A.L. Friedman, P. Eggers  Kidney International 

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1 End-stage renal disease in diabetic persons: Is the pandemic subsiding? 
E.A. Friedman, A.L. Friedman, P. Eggers  Kidney International  Volume 70, Pages S51-S54 (December 2006) DOI: /sj.ki Copyright © 2006 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Compiled by the USRDS, there has been a continuing increase in the number of new cases of ESRD between 1984 and The major diagnosis driving the upward curve is in persons with diabetes. Kidney International  , S51-S54DOI: ( /sj.ki ) Copyright © 2006 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Compiled by the USRDS, when depicted as incident rate per million population rather than as actual number of cases, the horizontal curves for the most recent 3 years may signal a leveling off to the epidemic of ESRD driven mainly by progressive increases of ESRD in persons with diabetes. Kidney International  , S51-S54DOI: ( /sj.ki ) Copyright © 2006 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Expressed as both incident number and incident rate of new onset ESRD per persons with diabetes, a sharp decline in the incident rate starting in 1995 is evident. This observation was noted in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report in November, Inferred from this finding is the ongoing subsidence of the pandemic of ESRD in persons with diabetes. Kidney International  , S51-S54DOI: ( /sj.ki ) Copyright © 2006 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions


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