Clinical Focus ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 42-45.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2023.01.004

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Correlation between hyperhomocysteinemia and early renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Wang Cuia, Lin Haob, Wu Pingpinga, Zhang Yalia, Ren Jiana, Xu Tinga, Dong Guoyua, Zai Guotiana()   

  1. a. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism,Nanjing jiangbei Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University,Nanjing 210048,China
    b. Department of General Surgery, Nanjing jiangbei Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University,Nanjing 210048,China
  • Received:2022-09-22 Online:2023-01-20 Published:2023-03-03
  • Contact: Zai Guotian E-mail:zaiguotian@sina.com

Abstract:

Objective To study the effect of hyperhomocysteinemia on the risk of early renal disease in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods It was a retrospective study involving 306 T2DM patients admitted to Nanjing Jiangbei Hospital from October 2020 to June 2022. According to the diagnostic criteria of diabetic kidney disease (DKD), they were assigned into simple T2DM group (n=252) and early DKD group (n=54). The clinical data of the two groups were compared. Results The prevalence of early DKD in T2DM patients was 17.6%. Compared with those of simple T2DM group, T2DM patients in early DKD group were significantly older, with longer duration of T2DM, higher level of homocysteine, and higher proportions of hyperhomocysteinemia and hypertension (all P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that hyperhomocysteinemia significantly increased the risk of early DKD in T2DM patients by 5.361 times (OR=6.361, 95%CI: 3.043-13.296, P<0.05), and the level of homocysteine was dose-dependently correlated with the risk of early DKD in T2DM patients, that was, for every 1 μmol/L increase in homocysteine level, the risk of early DKD in T2DM patients increased by 14.1%(OR=1.141, 95%CI: 1.061-1.227, P<0.05). Conclusion Hyperhomocysteinemia in T2DM patients significantly increases the risk of early DKD, and the level of homocysteine has a dose-response relationship with the increased risk of early DKD.

Key words: diabetes mellitus, type 2, diabetic nephropathies, hyperhomocysteinemia

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