Fatih Yay , Ergül Bayram , Hunkar Aggul , Ceren Önal Güçlü , Durmus Ayan
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Abstract
Aims
We aimed to examine the role of circulating immature granulocytes (IGs) in assessing Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) mainly and also associations of other leukocyte parameters with DN.
Methods
In this retrospective cross-sectional study, a total of 164 Diabetes Mellitus patients were grouped as normoalbuminuric and microalbuminuric according to urinary albumin excretion in the course of admission. Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), IG count (IG#) and IG percentage (IG%) levels were compared between the groups. The value of IG# and IG% levels in detecting microalbuminuria was analyzed with the Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.
Results
NLR was remarkably higher in the microalbuminuric group (p = 0.036). Correlation results in the microalbuminuric group were as follows: A feeble positive correlation between neutrophil count (NEU#) and serum creatinine and albumin-to- creatinine ratio (ACR) (p = 0.036, r = 0.261; p = 0.005, r = 0.347, respectively), a feeble positive correlation between lymphocyte count (LYM#) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (p = 0.021, r = 0.285). Correlation results in the normooalbuminuric group were as follows: A feeble positive correlation between NEU# and ACR (p = 0.043, r = 0.204), a feeble negative correlation between LYM# and serum creatinine (p = 0.042, r = −0.205), a poor positive correlation between IG# and ACR and HBA1C% (p = 0.048, r = 0.199; p = 0.004, r = 0.290, respectively), a positive poor correlation between IG% and HBA1C% (p = 0.019, r = 0.235). Area under the ROC curve values for IG# and IG% were not statistically noteworthy in detecting microalbuminuria (p = 0.430; p = 0.510, respectively).
Conclusions
IG# and IG% values are insufficient to predict immediate microalbuminuria, but could be considered a weak biomarker for renal damage in normoalbuminuric (<30 mg/g) diabetic patients. Further researches are needed for the use of leukocyte parameters in evaluating DN.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications (JDC) is a journal for health care practitioners and researchers, that publishes original research about the pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus and its complications. JDC also publishes articles on physiological and molecular aspects of glucose homeostasis.
The primary purpose of JDC is to act as a source of information usable by diabetes practitioners and researchers to increase their knowledge about mechanisms of diabetes and complications development, and promote better management of people with diabetes who are at risk for those complications.
Manuscripts submitted to JDC can report any aspect of basic, translational or clinical research as well as epidemiology. Topics can range broadly from early prediabetes to late-stage complicated diabetes. Topics relevant to basic/translational reports include pancreatic islet dysfunction and insulin resistance, altered adipose tissue function in diabetes, altered neuronal control of glucose homeostasis and mechanisms of drug action. Topics relevant to diabetic complications include diabetic retinopathy, neuropathy and nephropathy; peripheral vascular disease and coronary heart disease; gastrointestinal disorders, renal failure and impotence; and hypertension and hyperlipidemia.