Diabetic kidney disease linked to obesity
SEATTLE, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- For patients with type 1 diabetes, obesity is an important risk factor for the development of diabetic kidney disease, says a University of Washington study.
"Our results suggest that weight control is important in type 1 diabetes and that overweight patients with type 1 diabetes may need further evaluation and treatment," says lead author Dr. Ian H. de Boer. "For these patients, lifestyle interventions such as exercise and diet may be useful in preventing kidney and heart disease."
The researchers analyzed long-term follow-up data on nearly 1,300 patients with type 1 diabetes from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial.
During an average of nearly six years' follow-up, 8.4 percent of patients developed microalbuminuria -- small amounts of the protein albumin in urine, the first sign of diabetic kidney disease.
The risk of microalbuminuria was significantly higher for patients with central obesity. The bigger the waist measurement, the higher the risk for each 4-inch increase in waist circumference, risk of microalbuminuria increased by 34 percent, according to the study published in the January Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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