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Frequency of proteinuria in type 2 diabetes mellitus seen at a
diabetes centre in southern India
V Mohana, R Meerab, G Premalathaa, R Deepaa, P Mirandaa, M Remaa
a Madras Diabetes
Research Foundation and M V Diabetes Specialities Centre (P) Ltd,
Gopalapuram, Chennai, India, b City University of New York, New York, USA
Correspondence to: Dr V Mohan, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, 35 Conran Smith Road, Gopalapuram, Chennai, 600 086, India (email: drmohan{at}giasmd01.vsnl.net.in)
Submitted 20 September
1999;
Accepted 20 December 1999
The frequency of proteinuria was assessed in a cohort of 1848 diabetic patients attending a diabetes centre in south India. A total
of 127 (6.9%) patients had evidence of macroproteinuria and 49 (2.5%)
patients had microproteinuria. Thus overall 9.4% of patients had
diabetes related proteinuria. In addition, 70 patients (3.8%) had
evidence of proteinuria with no evidence of retinopathy. The frequency
of both microproteinuria and macroproteinuria increased linearly with
duration of diabetes. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that
duration of diabetes, serum creatinine, and glycated haemoglobin were
risk factors for macroproteinuria.
Keywords: diabetic nephropathy; type 2 diabetes; south India
© 2000 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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