Line graph showing the incidence of kidney disease increased with longer duration of diabetes in 1 study and peaked at 17 years duration and declined afterwards in another study

FIGURE 13.

Incidence of Kidney Disease in Persons With Type 1 Diabetes, Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study, 1986–2000, and Steno Clinic Population, 1933–1984.

Kidney disease is defined as an albumin excretion rate >200 µg/min in at least two of three timed urine collections.

SOURCE: Reference (247), copyright © 2006 American Diabetes Association, reprinted with permission from The American Diabetes Association.

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