title: Risk factors in diabetic nephropathy progression at present.
abstract: Diabetic nephropathy is becoming an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide as a consequence of increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity. The glomeruli of patients with diabetes are characterized by glomerular hypertrophy, widening of the glomerular basement membrane, mesangial expansion, podocytopenia leading to nodular (Kimmelstiel-Wilson) glomerulosclerosis. Many studies have reported the initiation and progression of incipient nephropathy in type 1 diabetes patients, but only limited data are available in type 2 diabetes patients. The information on the risk factors and conversion rate of normal renal function to proteinuria in type 2 diabetes patients is sparse. In this report, we review risk factors of diabetic nephropathy progression in type 2 diabetes patients (Ref. 50).
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lizicarova
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krahulec
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hirnerova
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gaspar
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Celecova
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors