title: Urinary albumin excretion in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in an early microalbuminuric stage.
abstract: We investigated the urinary albumin excretion and renal hemodynamics of normotensive nonobese patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in an early microalbuminuric stage (defined by albuminuria less than 30 mg/day). In comparison with normal subjects, a significant increase in urinary albumin excretion was observed already in the IGT stage [U-albumin/U-creatinine: NL (20 subjects), 5.3 +/- 1.7 mg/g Cr; IGT (23 subjects), 11.9 +/- 6.7 mg/g Cr; DM (20 subjects), 12.8 +/- 5.7 mg/g Cr]. A 3-week diet therapy combined with physical exercise prescribed for 53 normotensive non-obese mild NIDDM patients resulted in improvement in glucose tolerance, concomitant with lowered systemic blood pressure and a decrease in urinary albumin excretion (SBP: 128.4 +/- 13.0 to 106.4 +/- 10.2 mm Hg, p less than 0.01; DBP: 78.2 +/- 10.8 to 66.0 +/- 8.0 mm Hg, p less than 0.01; U-albumin: 19.4 +/- 10.3 to 10.1 +/- 9.1 mg/day, p less than 0.01). However, glomerular filtration rate, renal plasma flow, filtration fraction and urinary beta 2-microglobulin excretion remained unchanged. From these results, we hypothesized that focal glomerular hyperperfusion increases urinary albumin excretion in patients with early NIDDM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hotta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taguma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitsuoka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria / Q000652:urine*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy / Q000652:urine*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors