Effects of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors by diabetes status and level of albuminuria

JAMA

2025-11-07

(Press-News.org) About The Study: Within the studied participants, there were clear absolute benefits of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors on kidney, hospitalization, and mortality outcomes irrespective of diabetes status and level of urine albumin to creatinine ratio.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, William G. Herrington, MD, email will.herrington@ndph.ox.ac.uk.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2025.20835)

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