AUG 7, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Insulin resistance as a potential mediator between central obesity and diabetic kidney disease risk in type 2 diabetes
Scientific Reports
Cross-sectional study with a large community sample demonstrating that central obesity associates with DKD risk via insulin resistance as a partial mediator, but causality cannot be inferred and the effect is attenuated by metabolic adjustment.
Reported
Sample size4674
DKD prevalence overall52.439%
DKD prevalence in IR group60.046%