title: [Glomerular filtration and renal volume in type II diabetes (non-insulin-dependent): study in normal and microalbuminuria patients].
abstract: In type 2 diabetes elevated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and increased renal volume (RV), often accompanied to normo or microalbuminuria, were demonstrated. This condition is considered a pathogenetic factor for clinical nephropathy. As this topic is little studied in type 2 diabetes, we have investigated 73 type 2 diabetic patients (34 normo and 39 microalbuminuric), looking for a correlation between GFR, RV, hypertension, duration of diabetes and indexes of metabolic control. GFR was measured by a scintigraphy, after infusion of 99Tc-DTPA. Renal volume was determined by ultrasound scanning. Between the groups GFR and RV weren't different; elevated GFR was demonstrated in 3 patients; increased RV in 1 patient. In the hypertensive group GFR was lower than in normotensive group and in controls. Multivariate analysis in stepwise demonstrated that GFR presents a negative correlation to systolic blood pressure as in normo as in microalbuminuric patients. In the normotensive group GFR didn't correlate to the other variables. The present data suggest that in type 2 diabetes there is a little prevalence of glomerular hyperfiltration and increased renal volume and that hypertension plays a role on GFR of hypertensive diabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scien ze Eìdologiche e Radiologiche dell'Università degli Studi di Siena.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Signorini
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tanganelli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fondelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vattimo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borgogni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borgogni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gragnoli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000209:etiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000652:urine; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: La filtrazione glomerulare ed il volume renale nel diabete tipo II (non-insulino dipendente): studio nei pazienti normo e microalbuminurici.