Anthropometric Measures and Incident Diabetic Nephropathy in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of diabetes is on the rise globally coupled with its associated complications, such as diabetic nephropathy (DN). Obesity has been identified as a risk factor for the development of DN but it is still unclear which obesity index is the best predictor of incident DN.

Methods

Data from the participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) study were used to examine the sex-specific association between waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and body mass index (BMI) with incident DN risk.

Results

Among the 8,887 participants with T2DM (5,489 men and 3,398 women), 5,296 participants (3,345 men and 1,951 women) developed the DN composite outcome during a follow-up p

SUBMITTER: Hukportie DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8371436 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature