Prediabetic blood pressure and familial predisposition to renal disease in Pima Indians with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

Renal disease is a frequent complication of non-insulin-dependent diabetes in the Pima Indians from the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona. This review describes the relationship between prediabetic blood pressure and the subsequent development of renal disease, and characterizes the familial aggregation of diabetic renal disease in this population.