Prognostic nomogram and score to predict renal survival of patients with biopsy-proven diabetic nephropathy.

•This is the first report to construct the prognostic nomogram and score for DN patients.•This is a more detailed study of the association between the clinicopathologic findings of DN and renal survival.•EXHC and glomerular hyalinosis were identified as the novel and poor prognostic indicators of time to diabetic ESRD.