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Longitudinal evaluation of glomerular filtration rate across adolescence and early adulthood in youth with type 1 diabetes: associations with clinical and social risk factors

Key takeaways

Researchers followed young people with type 1 diabetes from their teenage years into early adulthood and tracked their kidney filtering rate (eGFR) over time. They checked which medical factors and which social factors, such as income and access to care, went along with faster loss of kidney function. Because this only watches people rather than testing a treatment, it shows links, not causes. The value is in spotting who may need kidney checks earlier than the usual schedule.

Who did this work

Antoine Clarke (University of Toronto) · Jacqueline R. Curtis (Hospital for Sick Children) · Yesmino Elia (Hospital for Sick Children) · Paul Benitez-Aguirre (Children's Hospital at Westmead) · Fergus Cameron (The University of Melbourne) · Scott T. Chiesa (University College London) · Cheril Clarson (Boston Children's Hospital) · Jennifer Couper (Diabetes Australia) · Maria E. Craig (The University of Sydney) · R. Neil Dalton (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust) · Elizabeth A. Davis (The University of Western Australia) · Sally M. Marshall

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-26
https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2026.1888628