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Association of home- and community-based services with incident chronic kidney disease among patients with diabetes: a longitudinal study of CHARLS

Paper C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

Researchers used a large long-running survey of older adults in China (CHARLS) to see whether people with diabetes who used home and community support services were less likely to develop kidney disease. They report a link between using those services and new kidney disease. This is observational, so it cannot show the services themselves caused the difference. Healthier or better-off people may be the ones who use such services.

Who did this work

Xiaomeng Xu (Chinese People 's Liberation Army No.455 Hospital) · Manman Huang (Chinese People 's Liberation Army No.455 Hospital) · Xueya Wen (Chinese People 's Liberation Army No.455 Hospital)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-01
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-026-05298-x