PMID- 12716817 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20031218 LR - 20220331 IS - 0149-5992 (Print) IS - 0149-5992 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 5 DP - 2003 May TI - Factors affecting progression of renal failure in patients with type 2 diabetes. PG - 1530-4 AB - OBJECTIVE: Hyperglycemia and hypertension are known to be risk factors for the development of proteinuria in patients with diabetes. Little is known, however, about predictors of progression of renal failure in diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We investigated factors affecting progression of renal failure by measuring the doubling of serum creatinine (s-Cr) as an end point in a cohort of 85 type 2 diabetic patients with chronic renal insufficiency/failure (s-Cr >1.5 and <3.7 mg/dl, 61 +/- 11 years old, 51 men and 34 women, mean s-Cr 2.3 +/- 0.6 mg/dl). RESULTS: The survey period (mean +/- SD) was 14.2 +/- 10.8 months. The cumulative incidence of the end point in patients with insulin therapy (n = 41) was significantly lower than that in patients without it (n = 44) (P = 0.0022, P values by log-rank test). Multivariate Cox analysis revealed insulin therapy (hazard ratio [HR] 0.435, 95% CI 0.252-0.750, P = 0.0027), serum albumin (0.484, 284-0.823, P = 0.0074), mean blood pressure (1.023, 1.004-1.043, P = 0.017), and hemoglobin (0.841, 0.728-0.972, P = 0.0194) to be independent and significant predictors of progression to renal failure, whereas HbA(1c) or serum cholesterol were not. CONCLUSION: In type 2 diabetic patients with renal failure, hypoalbuminemia, anemia, higher mean blood pressure, and lack of use of insulin predict rapid progression of renal failure, but HbA(1c) does not, and insulin therapy may be possibly an indicator of the delay in progression of renal failure. FAU - Ueda, Hideki AU - Ueda H AD - Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. FAU - Ishimura, Eiji AU - Ishimura E FAU - Shoji, Tetsuo AU - Shoji T FAU - Emoto, Masanori AU - Emoto M FAU - Morioka, Tomoaki AU - Morioka T FAU - Matsumoto, Naoki AU - Matsumoto N FAU - Fukumoto, Shinya AU - Fukumoto S FAU - Miki, Takami AU - Miki T FAU - Inaba, Masaaki AU - Inaba M FAU - Nishizawa, Yoshiki AU - Nishizawa Y LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Diabetes Care JT - Diabetes care JID - 7805975 RN - 0 (Serum Albumin) RN - 0 (Triglycerides) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) RN - AYI8EX34EU (Creatinine) SB - IM MH - Age of Onset MH - Blood Pressure MH - Body Mass Index MH - Cholesterol/blood MH - Cohort Studies MH - Creatinine/*blood MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*physiopathology MH - Diabetic Neuropathies/physiopathology MH - Disease Progression MH - Female MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - Humans MH - Kidney Failure, Chronic/*physiopathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Serum Albumin/analysis MH - Time Factors MH - Triglycerides/blood EDAT- 2003/04/30 05:00 MHDA- 2003/12/19 05:00 CRDT- 2003/04/30 05:00 PHST- 2003/04/30 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/12/19 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/04/30 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.2337/diacare.26.5.1530 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Diabetes Care. 2003 May;26(5):1530-4. doi: 10.2337/diacare.26.5.1530.