Research Article

Diabetes Management and Outcomes among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending a Renal Service

Table 2

Metabolic target and renal parameters data according to insulin treatment status.

TotalInsulin treatedNoninsulin treated

HbA1c
(%; mmol/mol); 57; 64; 51<0.001
 By CKD stage, (%; mmol/mol)0.770§
  Stage 1; 53
  Stage 2; 61
  Stage 3a; 60
  Stage 3b; 57
  Stage 4; 56
  Stage 5; 58
  ≤7.0% (53 mmol/mol), (%)114/224 (50.9)35/110 (31.8)79/114 (69.3)<0.001
  ≤8.0% (64 mmol/Mol), (%)158/224 (70.5)59/110 (53.6)99/114 (86.8)<0.001
SBP (mmHg), 0.687
DBP (mmHg), 0.738
BP ≤130/80 mmHg, (%)151/265 (57.0)76/122 (62.3)75/143 (52.4)0.107
≤140/80 mmHg, (%)211/265 (79.6)99/122 (81.1)112/143 (78.3)0.569
TC (mmol/L), 0.571
<4.0 mmol/L, (%)111/199 (55.8)52/96 (54.2)59/103 (57.3)0.658
TG (mmol/L), geometric mean1.82.01.70.069
<2.0 mmol/L, (%)111/195 (56.9)49/94 (52.1)62/101 (61.4)0.192
LDL (mmol/L), 0.064
<2.0 mmol/L, (%)69/130 (53.1)35/64 (54.7)34/66 (51.5)0.717
HDL (mmol/L), 0.001
≥1.0 mmol/L, (%)89/159 (56.0)37/83 (44.6)52/76 (68.4)0.002
BMI (kg/m2), 0.028
18.5-24.9 kg/m2, (%)18/192 (9.4)6/94 (6.4)12/98 (12.2)0.164
Renal parameters data
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2), median (min; max)33 (3; 90)26 (3; 90)38 (4; 90)<0.001
Rate of change eGFR/year (mL/min/1.73 m2/year), median (min; max)-3.0 (-64; 28)-5.0 (-64; 22)-2.0 (-40; 28)0.001‡
UACR (mg/mmol)
 Median (min; max)23.4 (0.3; -1080)76.3 (0.7; 812.7)14.0 (0.3; 1080)<0.001‡
 Within normal range (women)
  <3.5 mg/mmol; men <2.5 mg/mmol)30/159 (18.9)5/72 (7.0)25/87 (28.7)<0.001
Rate of change UACR/year (mg/mmol/year), median (min; max)-0.5 (-580.7; 273.0)-2.1 (-295.6; 273.0)-0.2 (-580.7; 204)0.611‡
Haemoglobin (g/L), 0.288

Independent -test, unless otherwise stated. §ANOVA. ‡Mann–Whitney test. HbA1c: glycated haemoglobin; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; BP: blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; LDL: low density lipoprotein; HDL: high density lipoprotein; BMI: body mass index; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; UACR: urine albumin creatinine ratio; Hb: haemoglobin; min: minimum value; max: maximum value.