Association between glycemic control and albuminuria among Peruvian adults with diabetes mellitus 2: a cross-sectional analytical study

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Albuminuria is a risk factor for microvascular and macrovascular complications in the diabetic population. However, few studies have correlated poor glycemic control and albuminuria prevalence in Hispanic populations. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between glycemic con...

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Main Authors: Lucero Del Carmen Collazos-Huamán, Camila Guerreros-Espino, Percy Herrera-Añazco, Vicente Aleixandre Benites-Zapata
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Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina 2022-07-01
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author Lucero Del Carmen Collazos-Huamán
Camila Guerreros-Espino
Percy Herrera-Añazco
Vicente Aleixandre Benites-Zapata
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Camila Guerreros-Espino
Percy Herrera-Añazco
Vicente Aleixandre Benites-Zapata
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description ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Albuminuria is a risk factor for microvascular and macrovascular complications in the diabetic population. However, few studies have correlated poor glycemic control and albuminuria prevalence in Hispanic populations. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between glycemic control and albuminuria among Peruvian adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional analytical study among adults with T2DM in Lima, Peru. METHODS: We included adults over 18 years old who were in a clinical follow-up program at a private clinic in Lima in 2018. Poor glycemic control was defined as a serum value of glycosylated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) ≥ 7%. Albuminuria was defined as albumin values > 30 mg/dl in the first morning urine. We generated generalized linear regression models from the Poisson family with robust variance. We calculated the crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) with their 95% confidence interval (CI). RESULTS: We analyzed 907 participants of median age 58 years (interquartile range, IQR 49 to 66), and 62.8% were males. The prevalence of poor glycemic control was 39.8%, and the prevalence of albuminuria was 22.7%. The prevalences of albuminuria in groups with poor glycemic control and adequate glycemic control were 32.7% and 16.1%, respectively. In the adjusted regression analysis, we found a statistically significant association between poor glycemic control and albuminuria (annual percentage rate, aPR = 1.70; 95% CI: 1.28-2.27). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of poor glycemic control and albuminuria was high in our study population. Moreover, Peruvian T2DM adults with poor glycemic control were more likely to have albuminuria.
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spelling doaj.art-930f944b6d5144d8ab39c210a2abd75a2022-12-22T03:00:24ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-94602022-07-0110.1590/1516-3180.2021.0448.r2.07022022Association between glycemic control and albuminuria among Peruvian adults with diabetes mellitus 2: a cross-sectional analytical studyLucero Del Carmen Collazos-Huamánhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9314-1181Camila Guerreros-Espinohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3170-2254Percy Herrera-Añazcohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0282-6634Vicente Aleixandre Benites-Zapatahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9158-1108ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Albuminuria is a risk factor for microvascular and macrovascular complications in the diabetic population. However, few studies have correlated poor glycemic control and albuminuria prevalence in Hispanic populations. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between glycemic control and albuminuria among Peruvian adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional analytical study among adults with T2DM in Lima, Peru. METHODS: We included adults over 18 years old who were in a clinical follow-up program at a private clinic in Lima in 2018. Poor glycemic control was defined as a serum value of glycosylated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) ≥ 7%. Albuminuria was defined as albumin values > 30 mg/dl in the first morning urine. We generated generalized linear regression models from the Poisson family with robust variance. We calculated the crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) with their 95% confidence interval (CI). RESULTS: We analyzed 907 participants of median age 58 years (interquartile range, IQR 49 to 66), and 62.8% were males. The prevalence of poor glycemic control was 39.8%, and the prevalence of albuminuria was 22.7%. The prevalences of albuminuria in groups with poor glycemic control and adequate glycemic control were 32.7% and 16.1%, respectively. In the adjusted regression analysis, we found a statistically significant association between poor glycemic control and albuminuria (annual percentage rate, aPR = 1.70; 95% CI: 1.28-2.27). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of poor glycemic control and albuminuria was high in our study population. Moreover, Peruvian T2DM adults with poor glycemic control were more likely to have albuminuria.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802022005017201&tlng=enDiabetes mellitusAlbuminuriaGlycated hemoglobin ADiabetes complicationsPeruChronic kidney diseaseDiabetic nephropathyKidney disease
spellingShingle Lucero Del Carmen Collazos-Huamán
Camila Guerreros-Espino
Percy Herrera-Añazco
Vicente Aleixandre Benites-Zapata
Association between glycemic control and albuminuria among Peruvian adults with diabetes mellitus 2: a cross-sectional analytical study
São Paulo Medical Journal
Diabetes mellitus
Albuminuria
Glycated hemoglobin A
Diabetes complications
Peru
Chronic kidney disease
Diabetic nephropathy
Kidney disease
title Association between glycemic control and albuminuria among Peruvian adults with diabetes mellitus 2: a cross-sectional analytical study
title_full Association between glycemic control and albuminuria among Peruvian adults with diabetes mellitus 2: a cross-sectional analytical study
title_fullStr Association between glycemic control and albuminuria among Peruvian adults with diabetes mellitus 2: a cross-sectional analytical study
title_full_unstemmed Association between glycemic control and albuminuria among Peruvian adults with diabetes mellitus 2: a cross-sectional analytical study
title_short Association between glycemic control and albuminuria among Peruvian adults with diabetes mellitus 2: a cross-sectional analytical study
title_sort association between glycemic control and albuminuria among peruvian adults with diabetes mellitus 2 a cross sectional analytical study
topic Diabetes mellitus
Albuminuria
Glycated hemoglobin A
Diabetes complications
Peru
Chronic kidney disease
Diabetic nephropathy
Kidney disease
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802022005017201&tlng=en
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