Background: Early recognition of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is crucial to slow its progression, yet underdiagnosis remains high. This study assesses prevalence of and factors associated with undiagnosed stage 3 CKD in patients with pre-existing type 2 diabetes (T2D) .
Methods: REVEAL-CKD is a multi-national secondary data study. Data were extracted from THIN (Cegedim Health Data, France) and Disease Analyzer (IQVIA, Germany) . Patients were aged ≥18 years with 2 consecutive estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) results 30-59 mL/min/1.73 m2 recorded 90-730 days apart in 2015-2021. T2D was identified by a diagnosis code before 2nd eGFR. Patients with no CKD code before 1st eGFR and ≤6 months after 2nd eGFR were considered undiagnosed.
Results: The cohorts included 3,532 patients with T2D and stage 3 CKD in France and 6,935 in Germany. In both cohorts, undiagnosed CKD was high (94% and 74%, respectively) , and was greater in those aged ≥65 years and in females. In patients with additional pre-existing comorbidities undiagnosed CKD remained high, ranging between 65% - 96% (Table 1) .
Conclusion: A high prevalence of undiagnosed CKD in patients with T2D was observed for France and Germany. Older patients and females were particularly vulnerable to undiagnosed CKD. Considerable opportunities exist to increase early identification and proactive management of CKD to slow progression and improve outcomes.
M.P. Schneider: Consultant; AstraZeneca. J.B. Virgitti: Advisory Panel; AstraZeneca, Lilly, Novo Nordisk. E. Peach: Employee; AstraZeneca. Stock/Shareholder; AstraZeneca. S. Barone: Employee; AstraZeneca. M. Arnold: Employee; AstraZeneca. N. Tangri: Consultant; AstraZeneca, Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., Pulsedata, Renibus, Tricida, Inc. Stock/Shareholder; Clinpredict, Klinrisk.
