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Multicenter Study
. 2021 Dec;43(1):1250-1258.
doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2021.1969247.

Obesity-related indices are associated with albuminuria and advanced kidney disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Yu-Lun Ou  1 , Mei-Yueh Lee  1   2 , I-Ting Lin  1 , Wei-Lun Wen  1   3 , Wei-Hao Hsu  1   4 , Szu-Chia Chen  2   3   4
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Multicenter Study

Obesity-related indices are associated with albuminuria and advanced kidney disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Yu-Lun Ou et al. Ren Fail. 2021 Dec.

Abstract

Obesity is an important risk factor for the development of diseases including diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. However, few reports have investigated the relationships between these obesity-related indices and diabetic nephropathy. The aim of this study was to evaluate associations between obesity-related markers with albuminuria and advanced kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Obesity-related indices including body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), body roundness index (BRI), conicity index (CI), lipid accumulation product (LAP), visceral adiposity index (VAI), body adiposity index (BAI), abdominal volume index (AVI), body shape index (BSI), and triglyceride glucose (TyG) index were measured. Albuminuria was defined as a urine albumin/creatinine ratio of ≥30 mg/g. Advanced kidney disease was defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <30 ml/min/1.73 m2. A total of 1872 patients with type 2 DM (mean age 64.0 ± 11.3 years, 809 males and 1063 females) were enrolled. In multivariable analysis, 11 high obesity-related indices (BMI, WHR, WHtR, LAP, BRI, CI, VAI, BAI, AVI, ABSI, and TyG index) were significantly associated with albuminuria. In addition, high BMI, WHR, WHtR, LAP, BRI, CI, VAI, and AVI were significantly associated with eGFR <30 ml/min/1.73 m2. The results of this study showed that various obesity-related indices were significantly associated with albuminuria and advanced kidney disease in patients with type 2 DM. Screening may be considered in public health programs to recognize and take appropriate steps to prevent subsequent complications.

Keywords: Obesity-related index; advanced kidney disease; albuminuria; type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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The authors have no financial interest in the information contained in the manuscript.

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