Granular Cast in Urine Sediment as an Overlooked and Independent Risk Factor for Diabetic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Granular cast is an independent risk factor for the occurrence and is positively associated with disease severity of DKD in patients with T2DM. The presence of granular casts also indicates an increased risk of the future development of DKD in T2DM patients.
Authors
- Ruo‐Xin Zhang
- Xinyun Li
- Xin‐Ye Min
- Honglian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1169-176X)
- Wang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4320-4041)
- Lu Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8338-1168)
- Chen Chen
- Lifeng Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0695-5732)
- Chuanyong Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9057-7078)
- Lu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2335-6088)
Institutions
- Southwest Medical University (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University (CN)
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/dmrr.70113
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Southwest Medical University