Cochrane · systematic review · CD010137

Glucose targets for preventing diabetic kidney disease and its progression

Ruospo, M, Saglimbene, VM, Palmer, SC, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library

Kidney and TransplantAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
8
current version
GRADE rated
8
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 12.5%Low 3 · 37.5%Moderate 4 · 50%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Tight glycaemic control compared with non‐tight control for preventing diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and its progression

Population: patients with diabetes
8 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Doubling serum creatinine 8.3 years
Tight glycaemic control vs non‐tight control
RR 0.84 [0.64, 1.11]4 studies · 26874 participantsLow
ESKD 5.9 years
Tight glycaemic control vs non‐tight control
RR 0.62 [0.34, 1.12]4 studies · 23332 participantsLow
Sudden death 4.6 years
Tight glycaemic control vs non‐tight control
RR 0.82 [0.26, 2.57]4 studies · 5913 participantsVery low
All‐cause mortality 5.6 years
Tight glycaemic control vs non‐tight control
RR 0.99 [0.86, 1.13]9 studies · 29094 participantsModerate
Cardiovascular mortality 4.4 years
Tight glycaemic control vs non‐tight control
RR 1.19 [0.73, 1.92]6 studies · 23673 participantsLow
Non‐fatal myocardial infarction 5.6 years
Tight glycaemic control vs non‐tight control
RR 0.82 [0.67, 0.99]5 studies · 25596 participantsModerate
Onset microalbuminuria 5.4 years
Tight glycaemic control vs non‐tight control
RR 0.85 [0.77, 0.94]4 studies · 19933 participantsModerate
Progression of microalbuminuria 5.8 years
Tight glycaemic control vs non‐tight control
RR 0.59 [0.38, 0.93]5 studies · 13266 participantsModerate