CellWell record HH-50444
The association between urinary and dietary potassium and diabetic microvascular complications: insights from UK Biobank data
Chao Li; Jingjing Zeng; Xufang Huang; Ying Li; Aaron M Lett; Yucen Wu; Qiqi You; Wan Fu; Shaoyong Xu
2025
In plain language
In 22,395 UK Biobank participants with type 2 diabetes, a higher urinary potassium-to-creatinine ratio was linked to a 30 percent lower risk of diabetic microvascular complications and a 46 percent lower risk of diabetic nephropathy.
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- Cohort study
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