title: Relationship between urinary albumin excretion and left ventricular mass with mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: Increased urinary albumin excretion (UAE) has been shown to be associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes. This study evaluated whether the association between UAE and cardiovascular mortality in 880 patients with type 2 diabetes was related to an increase in left ventricular mass (LVM). LVM was estimated by electrocardiographic index, namely adjusted Cornell voltage. LVM was significantly different between the stages of albuminuria (8.17 +/- 0.12 in normoalbuminuric, 9.05 +/- 0.21 in microalbuminuric, and 10.30 +/- 0.30 in overt albuminuric patients; P < 0.001). There also was a positive correlation between log UAE and LVM independent of BP. During 5 yr of follow-up, survivors had significantly lower LVM (8.62 +/- 0.11 versus 9.88 +/- 0.45; P = 0.0140) and lower UAE (154.60 +/- 16.53 versus 446.62 +/- 114.11; P = 0.0003) than nonsurvivors. The results indicate that patients with type 2 diabetes and increased UAE should be evaluated for increased LVM as an important and potentially reversible cardiovascular risk factor.
authors: Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
authors: Niloofar
authors: N
authors: Nobakhthaghighi
authors: Mohammed
authors: M
authors: Kamgar
authors: Mir R
authors: MR
authors: Bekheirnia
authors: Kim
authors: K
authors: McFann
authors: Raymond
authors: R
authors: Estacio
authors: Robert W
authors: RW
authors: Schrier
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria / Q000209:etiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000401:mortality* / Q000652:urine; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017741:Survivors
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin