Abstract

We observed diabetes mellitus (DM) in 9.3% of adults with sickle cell disease (SCD), and DM predicted a sevenfold greater risk of chronic kidney disease progression adjusting for high-risk APOL1. Our results emphasize the clinical significance of DM in SCD.

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