04/09/2026
📖 Clinical Diabetology — Vol. 15, No. 4 (2026) is now available!
Dear Readers,
we are pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of Clinical Diabetology. The new issue brings together research, reviews and scientific correspondence addressing diabetic kidney disease, cardiovascular risk assessment, kidney transplantation, social factors associated with diabetes complications, and diabetic retinopathy.
🔹 Editorial
📌 Can Discordance Between Creatinine- and Cystatin C-Based eGFR Improve Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Diabetic Kidney Disease?
An editorial perspective on the potential role of discordance between creatinine- and cystatin C-based estimates of kidney function in cardiovascular risk assessment in diabetic kidney disease.
🔹 Research papers
📌 eGFR Difference for All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Diabetic Kidney Disease — a NHANES Analysis
An analysis exploring whether differences between estimates of glomerular filtration rate may provide additional prognostic information in patients with diabetic kidney disease.
📌 Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter Type 2 Inhibitors As a Promising Tool for Diabetologists and Nephrologists in Post-Transplant Care — Observational Study
An observational study examining the use of SGLT2 inhibitors in kidney transplant recipients, with particular attention to graft function, metabolic parameters and safety observations.
📌 Low Educational Attainment Is Associated with Increased Risk of Complications in Type 2 Diabetes — a Multivariable Analysis
A study investigating the relationship between educational attainment and the burden of diabetes-related microvascular and macrovascular complications.
🔹 Review article
📌 Statins and Fenofibrate in Diabetic Retinopathy — a Narrative Review of Recent Clinical Evidence
A narrative review of recent clinical evidence concerning the potential role of statins and fenofibrate in the onset and progression of diabetic retinopathy.
🔹 Observation letters
📌 Elevated Serum Endocan Concentrations in People with Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy
An investigation of serum endocan as a marker related to endothelial dysfunction in people with type 2 diabetes and diabetic retinopathy.
📌 Relationship Between FIB-4 Index and Salt Intake
A study examining the relationship between estimated salt intake and the FIB-4 index in people with type 2 diabetes.
🔹 Letters to the Editor
📌 SGLT2 Inhibitors in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Promising Signals, But Limited Evidence
A methodological discussion highlighting the need for caution when interpreting currently available evidence on SGLT2 inhibitors in kidney transplant recipients.
📌 Authors’ response to: SGLT2 Inhibitors in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Promising Signals, But Limited Evidence
The authors respond to the methodological concerns and clarify the exploratory, hypothesis-generating nature of their observations.
🔗 Clinical Diabetology online:
https://journals.viamedica.pl/clinical_diabetology/issue/view/6897