Summary

As many as half of all diabetes patients also have some form of chronic kidney disease (CKD) [www.kidney.org]. A global population of diabetes patients of about 350 million means that there are approximately 150 to 200 million type 2 diabetes patients with CKD'a problem of immense proportions. The combination of diabetes and CKD is characteristic of a specific population of diabetics (eg, those that are older, overweight/obese, hypertensive).