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Prevalence and severity of anaemia in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy and different degrees of chronic renal insufficiency.

Giorgio FuianoDomenico MancusoMarino FrancescoCarmela TozzoMichele AndreucciAndrea SpontonTeresa FagaRossana ProvenzanoMaurizio Li Vecchi

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NephrologyMaleglomerulus filtration rateType 2 diabetesurologic and male genital diseasesGastroenterologySeverity of Illness Indexadult; aged; anemia; article; chronic kidney failure; comparative study; controlled study; creatinine clearance; diabetic nephropathy; disease course; disease severity; female; glomerulus filtration rate; hemoglobin blood level; human; kidney failure; kidney function; major clinical study; male; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; practice guideline; prevalence; priority journal; risk assessment; Aged; Anemia; Creatinine; Diabetes Mellitus Type 2; Diabetic Nephropathies; Female; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Hemoglobins; Humans; Kidney Failure Chronic; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Severity of Illness Index; Sex DistributionKidney FailureDiabetic nephropathychemistry.chemical_compoundHemoglobinsChronic kidney diseasecreatinine clearancePrevalenceDiabetic NephropathiesChronickidney functioncomparative studynon insulin dependent diabetes mellitusadultdisease coursearticlerisk assessmentAnemiaGeneral Medicinechronic kidney failureMiddle Agedpriority journalNephrologyCreatininedisease severityFemaleType 2Glomerular Filtration Ratemedicine.medical_specialtyAnaemia diabetes mellitus; Chronic kidney disease diabetes mellitus; Type 2 diabetes mellitus anaemiaRenal functionAnaemiaDiabetes mellitusInternal medicineType 2 diabetes mellitusDiabetes MellitusmedicineHumanscontrolled studyhumanSex DistributionAgedSettore MED/14 - NefrologiaCreatininehemoglobin blood levelbusiness.industrydiabetic nephropathypractice guidelineType 2 Diabetes Mellitusmedicine.diseasemajor clinical studySurgerychemistryDiabetes Mellitus Type 2Kidney Failure ChronicbusinessKidney disease

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<i>Background/Aim:</i> Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the single most common cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD); however its real impact on renal anaemia has not been established. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether onset, severity, and prevalence of anaemia during the course of CKD is different between type 2 diabetic and non-diabetic patients. <i>Methods:</i> We enrolled 281 patients with: (1) type 2 diabetes and no CKD (n = 75); (2) type 2 diabetes plus CKD (n = 106), and (3) CKD without type 2 diabetes (n = 100). According to K/DOQI guidelines, the patients with renal insufficiency (i.e., those with a glomerular filtration rate <60 ml/min) were subgrouped into three tertiles of CKD: (1) stage 3 (creatinine clearance 60–30 ml/min); (2) stage 4 (creatinine clearance 29–15 ml/min), and (3) stage 5 (creatinine clearance <15 ml/min). <i>Results:</i> Anaemia was observed in 16% of the diabetic patients without CKD; it was more frequent in the diabetic patients with CKD than in the non-diabetic patients with CKD (61.7 vs. 52%, p < 0.05). The comparison among the tertiles showed that the prevalence of anaemia was significantly higher only in diabetic CKD patients of stages 4 and 5. The prevalence was higher in females independently of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In diabetics with a normal renal function, the haemoglobin levels were higher than in diabeticsand non-diabetics with CKD, but the diabetics showed lower levels of haemoglobin than non-diabetics at stage 3 and stage 4 of CKD. <i>Conclusions:</i> Diabetic patients with CKD of stages 4 and 5 have a higher prevalence of anaemia than non-diabetic patients with comparable glomerular filtration rate. A higher awareness of this risk will allow earlier diagnosis and treatment.

http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/17135770