Prevalence and predictors of chronic kidney disease among type 2 diabetic patients worldwide, systematic review and meta-analysis.

"Declarations Ethical approvalNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Data AvailabilityThe datasets used and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. DisclosureThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Disclosure The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This study was not funded by any organization."

"This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed by following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines []. A search strategy was implemented using electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and grey literature), which were systematically searched online to retrieve related articles. The literature search was conducted by using the key words “chronic kidney disease” OR (chronic renal failure) AND “Type 2 diabetes mellitus” OR “T2DM starting from May 30, 2018 to May 30, 2023 were included. The retrieved studies references were also screened and checked. The review protocol is available on PROSPERO (ID: CRD42023433892)."