title: Microalbuminuria and risk factors in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients.
abstract: A prospective study of normoalbuminuric diabetic patients was performed between 1997 and 2002 on 4097 type 1 and 6513 type 2 diabetic patients from the Swedish National Diabetes Register (NDR); mean study period, 4.6 years. The strongest independent baseline risk factors for the development of microalbuminuria (20-200 microg/min) were elevated HbA(1c) and diabetes duration in both types 1 and 2 diabetic patients. Other risk factors were high BMI, elevated systolic and diastolic BP in type 2 patients, and antihypertensive therapy in type 1 patients. A subsequent larger cross-sectional study in 2002 showed that established microalbuminuria was independently associated with HbA(1c), diabetes duration, systolic BP, BMI, smoking and triglycerides in types 1 and 2 diabetic patients, and also with HDL-cholesterol in type 2 patients. Relatively few types 1 and 2 patients with microalbuminuria achieved treatment targets of HbA(1c) < 6.5% (21-48%), BP < 130/85 mmHg (33-13%), cholesterol < 5 mmol/l (48-46%), triglycerides < 1.7 mmol/l (83-48%) and BMI < 25 kg/m(2) (50-18%), respectively. In conclusion, high HbA(1c), BP and BMI were independent risk factors for the development of microalbuminuria in types 1 and 2 diabetic patients. These risk factors as well as triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol and smoking were independently associated with established microalbuminuria. Treatment targets were achieved by a relatively few patients with microalbuminuria.
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine and Epidemiology Section, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Dag Hammarskjolds vag 14B, University Hospital, Uppsala SE-75185, Sweden. jan.cederholm@pubcare.uu.se
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cederholm
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eliasson
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gudbjörnsdottir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000150:complications*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000652:urine*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000652:urine*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin