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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Gender Differences in Diabetic Kidney Disease: Focus on Hormonal, Genetic and Clinical Factors.

Annalisa Giandalia, Alfio Edoardo Giuffrida, Guido Gembillo, Domenico Cucinotta, Giovanni Squadrito, Domenico Santoro, Giuseppina T Russo

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Urinary biomarkers of diabetic kidney disease.World journal of diabetes · 2026
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  20. Integrated multiomic analyses: An approach to improve understanding of diabetic kidney disease.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Annalisa GiandaliaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0778-4130
Alfio Edoardo GiuffridaUnit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9390-1363
Guido GembilloUnit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4823-9910
Domenico CucinottaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8159-5709
Giovanni SquadritoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Domenico SantoroUnit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Giuseppina T RussoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
University of Messina · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is one of the most serious complications of both type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Current guidelines recommend a personalized approach in order to reduce the burden of DM and its complications. Recognizing sex and gender- differences in medicine is considered one of the first steps toward personalized medicine, but the gender issue in DM has been scarcely explored so far. Gender differences have been reported in the incidence and the prevalence of DKD, in its phenotypes and clinical manifestations, as well as in several risk factors, with a different impact in the two genders. Hormonal factors, especially estrogen loss, play a significant role in explaining these differences. Additionally, the impact of sex chromosomes as well as the influence of gene-sex interactions with several susceptibility genes for DKD have been investigated. In spite of the increasing evidence that sex and gender should be included in the evaluation of DKD, several open issues remain uncovered, including the potentially different effects of newly recommended drugs, such as SGLT2i and GLP1Ras. This narrative review explored current evidence on sex/gender differences in DKD, taking into account hormonal, genetic and clinical factors.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic NephropathiesEstrogensFemaleHumansMaleRisk FactorsSex FactorsSodium-Glucose Transporter 2 InhibitorsEstrogensSodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitorsdiabetic kidney diseaseestrogensgendergene polymorphismssex

Identifiers

PMID34071671
PMCPMC8198374
OpenAlexW3165440811

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