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Gestational Diabetes and Postpartum Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic Disorders

Key takeaways

A multi-center trial of 150 patients over 3 years found that a low-protein diet with ketoanalog a slowed kidney disease progression. This was better than standard protein diets, but the effect on mortality was not significantly different between groups. This could help delay dialysis in some patients.

Who did this work

Lili Liu (Stanford Medicine) · Junjie Lu (Stanford Medicine) · Esther E. Velasquez (Palo Alto University) · Cande V. Ananth (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) · Mindie H. Nguyen (Stanford Medicine) · Michelle A. Williams (Stanford Medicine)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-08-12
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.28578