Increased Risk of Incident Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality in Patients With Diabetes With Comorbid Depression

Novak, Marta; Mucsi, Istvan; Rhee, Connie M.; Streja, Elani; Lu, Jun L.; Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar; Molnar, Miklos Z.; Kovesdy, Csaba P.

doi:10.2337/dc16-0048

Increased Risk of Incident Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality in Patients With Diabetes With Comorbid Depression

OBJECTIVE: It is not known if patients with diabetes with depression have an increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD). We examined the association between depression and incident CKD, mortality, and incident cardiovascular events in U.S. veterans with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:…