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. 2020 Aug 20;8(1):e001549. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001549

Table 2.

Prevalence of chronic complications of diabetes

Complication Prevalence (%)
Overall cardiovascular disease 18.9
Prior clinical cardiovascular disease 11.2
Ischemic ECG 5.6
Carotid stenosis >40% 6.0
Lower limb stenosis (any) 6.6
Chronic kidney disease (eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2) 8.8
Albuminuria (micro or macro) 13.2
Microalbuminuria 11.9
Macroalbuminuria 1.3
Distal symmetric polyneuropathy 21.2
Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy 18.6
Retinopathy of any type 4.9
Background retinopathy 4.2
Proliferative retinopathy 0.7

eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.