Moderately Increased Albuminuria; Marker of Chronic Complications in Nigerian Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Patients; Makurdi Perspective
Journal Title: Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) and its complications are on the increase especially in the developing countries with significant negative economic consequences on individuals, families and health systems. Objective: We, therefore compared albumin/creatinine ratio, microalbuminuria, and HbA1c among subjects of varying degree of complications with controls to ascertain if they can serve as markers of diabetic chronic complications to enhance early detection of chronic complications amongst diabetes mellitus patients in developing countries. Methods: 109 type 2 DM subjects (47 males and 62 females) and 100 non-DM controls of the same age range (40-80 yrs) were recruited for this study. The chronic complications found were: nephropathy, retinopathy, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease and diabetic foot. These were further classified into micro vascular complications (nephropathy and retinopathy) and macrovascular complications (Coronary Artery Disease, Cerebrovascular Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease and diabetic foot).Out of these 109 DM subjects, 36 were without chronic complications, 37 have microvascular complications only and 36 have a combination of microvascular and macrovascular complications. HbA1c, Urine microalbumin and creatinine were analysed using standard methods. Results: The mean levels of HbA1c, Microalbuminuria and albumin-creatinine ratio were significantly higher in DM subjects when compared to the control (p<0.05). Microalbumin, albumin-creatinine ratio, and HbA1c were significantly higher in DM subjects with chronic complications than those without complications (p<0.05). However, DM subjects with both macro and micro complications had significant higher level of urine microalbumin, albumin-creatinine ratio, and HbA1c than those with microvascular complications only (p<0.05). Subjects aged 40-45 years had significant (p<0.01) albumin/creatinine ratio than subjects aged 51-55yrs as well as those >60 years. The male subjects had a significant (p<0.01) albumin/creatinine ratio and microalbumin respectively on comparing to their female counterpart Conclusion: Albumin-creatinine ratio is a simple, and less cumbersome tool which could serve as a predictor of complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Authors and Affiliations
B. K. Myke-Mbata, S. C. Meludu, C. E. Dioka, S. A. Adebisi, E. K. Oghagbon, G. I. Achinge, B. O. Onyemailo
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