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Diabetes-Specific Risk Enhancers That Are Independent of Other Risk Factors in Diabetes Mellitus
| Risk Enhancers |
| Long duration (≥ 10 years for type 2 diabetes mellituS4.3-20 or ≥20 years for type 1 diabetes mellitusS4.3-6 |
| Albuminuria ≥30 meg of albumin/mg creatinineS4.3-25 |
| eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2S4.3-25 |
| RetinopathyS4.3-9 |
| NeuropathyS4.3-16 |
| ABI <0.9S4.3-22,S4.3-24 |
ABI indicates ankle-brachial index; and eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.
