title: Anemia in diabetic patients.
abstract: Anemia is common in diabetic patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The observations that diabetes-related chronic kidney disease is more common than chronic kidney disease of other etiologies, that anemia may occur earlier in diabetes-related chronic kidney disease than in other types of chronic kidney disease, and that anemia in diabetes-related kidney disease often is found without measurable renal impairment suggest that the diabetic population may have a predilection to the development of anemia. Anemia is associated with a poorer prognosis in diabetic-associated comorbid conditions, but targeted correction of anemia has improved diabetic patients' quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, 1402 S. Grand Boulevard, Room M238, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. thomasdr@slu.edu
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006397:Hematinics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D006397:Hematinics