These statistics raise the daunting prospect of an epidemic of diabetic nephropathy in a deeloping world unable to cope with its repercussions ? a world where end - stage renal disease is a death sentence 在发展中国家的晚期肾病患者，无异于被叛了死刑，所以，糖尿病肾病将在发展中国家流行的趋势令人担心。
