Sustained reduction of proteinuria in Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes following diet-induced reduction of hyperglycaemia

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To determine whether sustained control of hyperglycaemia in Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients would diminish proteinuria, the effect of hypocaloric diet therapy (500 kcal/day) on proteinuria was assessed in obese, Type 2 diabetic patients (n=24) and compared with results obtained for obese subjects with normal glucose tolerance (n=7) and impaired glucose tolerance (n=6). Diet therapy of similar mean duration resulted in similar percentage weight loss (mean percentage of original weight ±SEM) in diabetic (13.6±1.6%), glucose intolerant (16.4±3.3%) and obese nondiabetic (11.0±1.0%) subjects. Following therapy, plasma glucose concentrations 2h after an oral glucose load declined in the diabetic (18.34±0.81 to 10.67±0.50 mmol/1, mean ±SEM; ppppp30, < 500 mg/24h), whereas following diet therapy, only three out of the 11 had subclinical albuminuria. For all subjects, the decrease in albumin excretion following diet therapy was significantly correlated with the initial albumin excretion (r=0.63, p<0.0001). In one diabetic subject, whose glucose tolerance and albumin excretion were sequentially monitored for 14 months, the decreases in glycaemia and proteinuria observed in the first month of therapy persisted after discontinuation of diet therapy. Thus, metabolic control of Type2 diabetes by a hypocaloric diet produced significant sustained reductions in proteinuria. The question remains whether or not this retards the development of clinical nephropathy or end stage renal disease.
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