title: [The importance of albuminuria in the detection of diabetic nephropathy and its relation to the development of retinopathy and autonomic neuropathy in type I diabetes].
abstract: A series of 72 type I diabetics was grouped according to the mean value of 24-h albuminuria (AU) determined from three 24-h urine collections: group A (n = 49, normoalbuminuria, AU less than or equal to 26 mg/24 h), group B (n = 16, microalbuminuria, AU less than or equal to 26 mg/24 h), group C (n = 7, clinically significant proteinuria, AU greater than 260 mg/24 h). Glycosylated hemoglobin (GHb) was examined five times in three-month intervals. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BPs and BPD) were determined from four values taken in the course of one year. Glomerular filtration (GF) was established a single examination of 24-h creatinine clearance. Fluorescent angiography was used to examine the fundus of the eye. The function of the cardiovascular autonomic nervous system was assessed on the basis of three tests: variation of heart rate during deep respiration, response of heart rate to upright position, Valsalva's maneuver. Group C had the longest duration of diabetes, the highest GHb, the lowest GF, and the highest BPS and BPD values. The number of diabetics with different findings on the fundus of the eye (normal finding/simple retinopathy/preproliferative and proliferative retinopathy) was as follows: group A--15/31/3, group B--9/6/1, group C--0/3/4. Group C exhibited the most pronounced derangement of the cardiovascular autonomic nervous system, whose extent depended on the length of diabetes duration and on the quality of metabolic compensation. Between the groups A and B no significant differences were found in any of the parameters studied.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: I. interná klinika FN a Katedra internistických disciplín I LFUK, Bratislave.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pontuch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vozár
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Potocký
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krahulec
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kratochvílová
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000419:Albuminuria; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000652:urine*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Význam albuminúrie pre urcenie diabetickej nefropatie a ich vzt'ah k vývoju retinopatie a autonómnej neuropatie u diabetikov I. typu.