Adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity or overweight are more likely to experience serious kidney problems over 5 years, according to the results of a recent study published in Nutrition & AMP;Diabetes.
Most observation studies published to date have found positive associations between overweight, obesity and kidney problems.
Kamel Mohammedi, professor at the George Institute for Global Health at Sydney University, and his colleagues say that “few studies have been large enough to compare people with and without diabetes and therefore there is still some uncertainty among the relationship of peoplewith type 2 diabetes and obesity, and kidney problems. ”
Mohammedi and his colleagues analyzed the data of 10,537 participants with type 2 diabetes and the normal weight, overweight or obesity, all of them participants of the Advance study.
During the 5 years of study tracking, 487 participants, 4.6%, experienced an important renal event.The researchers observed that the risk of experiencing an important renal event grew with the increase in the body mass index.The main renal problems occurred in 144 participants (5%) with normal weight, 181 (4.2%) overweight, 96 (4.2%) with degree of obesity 1, 43 (5.8%) with obesityof grade 2 and 23 (7.8%) with the obesity grade 3.
According to researchers, additional BMI unit (body mass index) of more than 25 kg / m², the risk of renal events increased by 4%.
These published results should encourage health managers to prepare comprehensive programs aimed at that people with type 2 diabetes lose weight, with the aim of improving development prevention and progression of renal complications in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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