Francesca Viazzi1, Antonio Ceriello2,3,4, Paola Fioretto5, Carlo Giorda6, Pietro Guida7,8, Giuseppina Russo9, Eulalia Greco10, Salvatore De Cosmo9, Roberto Pontremoli1. 1. Università degli Studi, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST, Genova, Italy. 2. Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pii Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona. 3. Centro de Investigación Biomédicaen Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain. 4. Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, IRCCS Gruppo Multimedica, Milano. 5. Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua. 6. Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, ASL Turin 5, Turin. 7. Associazione Medici Diabetologi, Rome. 8. Scientific Clinical Institute Maugeri, IRCCS Institute of Cassano delle Murge, Bari. 9. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina. 10. Department of Medical Sciences, Scientific Institute 'Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza', San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess the predictive role of changes in albuminuria on the loss of renal function under antihypertensive treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). METHODS: Clinical records from a total of 12 611 patients with hypertension and T2D, attending 100 antidiabetic centers in Italy, with normal estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at baseline and regular visits during a 4-year period were retrieved and analyzed. We assessed the association between changes in albuminuria status during a 1-year baseline period and time updated blood pressure (BP) and eGFR loss over the subsequent 4-year follow-up. RESULTS: Mean age at baseline was 65 ± 9 years, known duration of diabetes11 ± 8 years, eGFR 85 ± 13 ml/min and BP 142 ± 17/81 ± 9 mmHg. Patients with persistent albuminuria showed the highest 4-year risk of eGFR loss more than 30% from baseline or onset of stage 3 chronic kidney disease (eGFR < 60 ml/min) as compared with those with persistent normal albuminuria (odds ratio 2.00, confidence interval 1.71-2.34; P < 0.001). Female sex, age, disease duration, BMI, low baseline eGFR, lipid profile, the number of antihypertensive drugs and variations in albuminuria status were associated with renal risk in the whole study population. Furthermore, lower time updated BP values and the use of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system-inhibitors were related to the occurrence of renal endpoints only in the subgroup of patients without albuminuria. CONCLUSION: In patients with hypertension and T2D under real-life clinical conditions, changes in albuminuria parallel changes of renal risk. Albuminuria status could be a guide to optimize therapeutic strategy.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the predictive role of changes in albuminuria on the loss of renal function under antihypertensive treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). METHODS: Clinical records from a total of 12 611 patients with hypertension and T2D, attending 100 antidiabetic centers in Italy, with normal estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at baseline and regular visits during a 4-year period were retrieved and analyzed. We assessed the association between changes in albuminuria status during a 1-year baseline period and time updated blood pressure (BP) and eGFR loss over the subsequent 4-year follow-up. RESULTS: Mean age at baseline was 65 ± 9 years, known duration of diabetes11 ± 8 years, eGFR 85 ± 13 ml/min and BP 142 ± 17/81 ± 9 mmHg. Patients with persistent albuminuria showed the highest 4-year risk of eGFR loss more than 30% from baseline or onset of stage 3 chronic kidney disease (eGFR < 60 ml/min) as compared with those with persistent normal albuminuria (odds ratio 2.00, confidence interval 1.71-2.34; P < 0.001). Female sex, age, disease duration, BMI, low baseline eGFR, lipid profile, the number of antihypertensive drugs and variations in albuminuria status were associated with renal risk in the whole study population. Furthermore, lower time updated BP values and the use of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system-inhibitors were related to the occurrence of renal endpoints only in the subgroup of patients without albuminuria. CONCLUSION: In patients with hypertension and T2D under real-life clinical conditions, changes in albuminuria parallel changes of renal risk. Albuminuria status could be a guide to optimize therapeutic strategy.
Authors: Frederik Persson; Stephen C Bain; Ofri Mosenzon; Hiddo J L Heerspink; Johannes F E Mann; Richard Pratley; Itamar Raz; Thomas Idorn; Søren Rasmussen; Bernt Johan von Scholten; Peter Rossing Journal: Diabetes Care Date: 2021-01-27 Impact factor: 19.112