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World J Nephrol. Jun 25, 2025; 14(2): 105815
Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i2.105815
Published online Jun 25, 2025. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v14.i2.105815
Epidemiological trends in diabetic renal complications in United States adults: A center for disease control and prevention wide-ranging online data for epidemiologic research analysis (1999-2020)
Abdullah Naveed Muhammad, Muhammad Kashan, Department of Internal Medicine, Dow Medical College, Karachi 74200, Sindh, Pakistan
Faizan Ahmed, Department of Cardiology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC 27710, United States
Sherif Eltawansy, Department of Internal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, United States
Ahila Ali, Department of Internal Medicine, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74900, Sindh, Pakistan
Bazil Azeem, Department of Medicine, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College Liyari, Karachi 74900, Pakistan
Zaima Afzaal, Department of Internal Medicine, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore 54000, Punjab, Pakistan
Mushood Ahmed, Department of Internal Medicine, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi 74200, Pakistan
Kainat Aman, Department of Internal Medicine, Batterjee Medial College, Jeddah 21442, Saudi Arabia
Aman Amanullah, Department of Internal Medicine, SSM Health St Louis University, St Louis, MO 63104, United States
Muhammad Naveed Uz Zafar, Department of Internal Medicine, Liaquat Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Thatta 73130, Sindh, Pakistan
Pawel Lajczak, Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice 40-055, Poland
Ogechukwu Obi, Department of Internal Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Westbury, NY 11568, United States
Author contributions: Muhammad AN and Eltawansy S contributed to methodology; Ali A contributed to software; Azeem B and Kashan M contributed to validation; Afzaal Z and Ahmed M contributed to formal analysis; Aman K and Amanullah A contributed to investigation; Naveed Uz Zafar M contributed to data curation; Lajczak P and Obi O contributed to the writing of the original draft.
Institutional review board statement: Researchers are not required to obtain explicit consent from participants as a national database was used with deidentified patient information.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was waived due to using a national database.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to this work.
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Corresponding author: Sherif Eltawansy, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, United States. alanine40@hotmail.com
Received: February 8, 2025
Revised: March 5, 2025
Accepted: March 21, 2025
Published online: June 25, 2025
Processing time: 61 Days and 7.5 Hours
Revised: March 5, 2025
Accepted: March 21, 2025
Published online: June 25, 2025
Processing time: 61 Days and 7.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study focused on investigating renal complications of diabetes mellitus through implementing a large United States database. Our analysis aimed to display mortality rates resulting from renal complications of diabetes on a large scale. The results showed gender, racial, and geographic disparities with higher mortality risk in male patients, native Indian/Alaskan, western states, and nonmetropolitan areas. These disparities emphasized on the importance of involving and encouraging healthcare stakeholders to take further action to improve healthcare specially for vulnerable populations.