title: Association between atherosclerosis and newly classified chronic kidney disease stage for Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: Using a new estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equation, we undertook a retrospective chart review to investigate the clinical significance of chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage for atherosclerosis in 653 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes that were followed from January 2004 to December 2006 at Juntendo University Hospital. Diabetic patients with CKD stage 2 or 3 detected in 2004 or before had more history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with those patients without CKD [ischemic heart disease (IHD): 25% vs. 9.3%, P<0.01 and stroke: 17.6% vs. 10.5%, P<0.05]. In Addition, the incidence of CVD through the observation period tended to increase with progression of CKD stage (0.9% in stage 0, 3.2% in stage 1 or 2, and 3.4% in stage > or =3, P=0.056), and patients with eGFR<75 had a higher incidence of IHD (2.5% vs. 0.3%) and IHD or Stroke (3.3% vs. 0.7%) compared with those who had eGFR > or =75. Patients with urinary albumin excretion rate (UACR) > or =20mg/g Cr also had a higher incidence of IHD or stroke compared to patients with UACR<20 (3.5% vs. 0.6%). In conclusion, diabetic patients with eGFR<75 and/or UACR > or =20 might be a high-risk population for CVD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
authors.forename: Risako
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Ryuzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawamori
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies