Analysis of clinical and pathological characteristics in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with renal damage

Jin Li, Wang Xiaopei, Wang Zhigang, Lan Ping, Liu Hui, Lu Wanhong

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Chinese Journal of Nephrology ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (7) : 532-535. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn441217-20221124-01144
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Analysis of clinical and pathological characteristics in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with renal damage

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It was a retrospective study. The patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who underwent renal biopsy in the Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University from 2015 to 2021 were enrolled to analyze the pathological and clinical manifestations of kidney. There were 483 patients enrolled, including 136 patients who had no history of diabetes mellitus, newly diagnosed as T2DM according to an oral glucose tolerance test. The age was (52.80±13.13) years old. There were 337 males (69.77%). Based on the renal biopsy, the patients were classified as diabetic kidney disease (DKD, 22.15%, 107/483), DKD+non-diabetic kidney disease (NDKD)(6.63%, 32/483), and NDKD (71.22%, 344/483). Membranous nephropathy was the most common pathology in patients with NDKD (40.41%, 139/344) and DKD+NDKD (34.38%, 11/32). In the 136 newly diagnosed T2DM patients, there were 3 patients (2.21%) with DKD, 2 patients (1.47%) with DKD+NDKD, and 131 patients with NDKD (96.32%). The proportions of DKD in patients with diabetes history ≤3 months, 3-12 months, 1-5 years, 5-10 years and ≥10 years were 10.53% (6/57), 25.00% (16/64), 26.53% (26/98), 41.56% (32/77) and 47.06% (24/51), respectively. The proportions of DKD+NDKD in patients with diabetes history ≤3 months, 3-12 months, 1-5 years, 5-10 years and ≥10 years were 3.51% (2/57), 3.13% (2/64), 10.20% (10/98), 9.09% (7/77) and 17.65% (9/51), respectively. Multivariate logistic regression analysis results showed that, the duration of diabetes history (OR=1.130, 95% CI 1.057-1.208, P<0.001), diabetes retinopathy (OR=12.185, 95% CI 5.331-27.849, P<0.001), urinary red blood cell count (OR=0.987, 95% CI 0.974-0.999, P=0.039), glycosylated hemoglobin (OR=1.482, 95% CI 1.119-1.961, P=0.006) as well as hemoglobin (OR=0.973, 95% CI 0.957-0.990, P=0.001) were independently correlated with DKD. The proportions of DKD and DKD+NDKD increase with the prolongation of diabetes history. Membranous nephropathy is the most common pathology in NDKD and DKD+NDKD patients. Even in patients newly diagnosed with T2DM, it is necessary to screen for DKD. The duration of diabetes history, diabetes retinopathy, urinary red blood cell count, glycosylated hemoglobin and hemoglobin may be used to identify DKD from NDKD.

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Diabetes mellitus, type 2 / Diabetic nephropathies / Diabetic kidney disease / Non-diabetic kidney disease

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Jin Li. , Wang Xiaopei. , Wang Zhigang. , Lan Ping. , Liu Hui. , Lu Wanhong. Analysis of clinical and pathological characteristics in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with renal damage[J]. Chinese Journal of Nephrology, 2023, 39(7): 532-535. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn441217-20221124-01144.
糖尿病肾脏疾病(diabetic kidney disease,DKD)是糖尿病患者的常见慢性并发症。40%的2型糖尿病患者合并DKD,同时DKD也是终末期肾病(end-stage kidney disease,ESKD)的主要病因1-2。DKD的治疗主要依赖控制血糖、血压及降低肾小球滤过压等3,目前尚无预防和逆转DKD的方法。而非糖尿病肾脏疾病(non-diabetic kidney disease,NDKD)患者经积极免疫治疗后可较好地降低ESKD的发生率。既往对2型糖尿病合并慢性肾脏病患者行肾活检发现,许多患者为NDKD或DKD合并NDKD4。本研究统计合并2型糖尿病患者的肾活检结果,分析其肾脏病理和临床表现,以期为临床诊治提供指导。

一 资料与方法

1. 研究对象: 本研究为回顾性研究,选取2015—2021年于西安交通大学第一附属医院肾脏内科住院合并2型糖尿病行肾活检的患者505例,包括既往无糖尿病、入院行口服葡萄糖耐量试验筛选出的新发糖尿病患者,排除1型糖尿病2例,重复肾活检18例,移植肾活检2例。肾活检指征:(1)合并其他全身性症状或体征;(2)无糖尿病视网膜病变;(3)肾小球滤过率快速下降;(4)尿蛋白迅速升高或短期内出现肾病综合征;(5)存在活动性尿沉渣5。本研究已通过西安交通大学伦理委员会审查(伦理号:XJTU1AF2022LSK-294),并已申请豁免患者知情同意。
2. 临床资料收集: 从电子病历系统中收集患者的人口学、合并症、实验室检查等临床资料。
3. 病理资料收集: 采用HE染色、PAS染色、Masson三色染色、六胺银染色、免疫荧光及电镜检测肾活检样本IgG、IgM、IgA、C3、C1q、Kappa、Lambda轻链、纤维蛋白原等的表达情况。由2名有经验的肾脏病理学专家评估和诊断肾脏病理状况。
4. 统计学方法: 采用 SPSS 13.0软件进行数据的统计学分析。符合正态分布的计量资料以x-±s形式表示,3组间比较采用单因素方差分析;非正态分布的计量资料以MP 25P 75)形式表示,3组间比较采用Kruskal-Wallis秩和检验;计数资料用例数和百分比表示,3组间比较采用χ 2检验。P<0.05视为差异有统计学意义。

二 结果

1. 临床资料分析: 本研究纳入483例患者,年龄(52.80±13.13)岁,男性337例(69.77%)。其中,DKD 107例(22.15%),NDKD 344例(71.22%),DKD+NDKD 32例(6.63%)。NDKD组男性比例、24 h尿蛋白量、空腹血糖、糖化血红蛋白及糖尿病视网膜病变比例均低于DKD组和DKD+NDKD组,体重指数、三酰甘油、总胆固醇、血红蛋白及高血压比例均高于DKD组(均P<0.05);DKD+NDKD组体重指数和血红蛋白均高于DKD组(均P<0.05)。其余项目的差异均无统计学意义(均P>0.05)。见表1
表1 三组肾活检患者临床资料比较
项目 DKD组(n=107) DKD+NDKD组(n=32) NDKD组(n=344) 统计值(F/H/χ 2 P
男性[例(%)] 83(77.57) 28(87.50) 226(65.70)ab 10.561 0.005
年龄(岁) 51.46±12.95 51.66±12.75 53.32±13.23 0.946 0.389
体重指数(kg/m2 24.57±3.08 26.43±3.49a 25.77±3.64a 5.574 0.005
尿红细胞计数/高倍镜 3.00(1.13,7.40) 4.60(1.90,13.80) 6.00(1.70,19.85) 10.692 0.076
24 h尿蛋白量(g) 3.48±2.33 3.56±2.33 2.89±2.28ab 3.519 0.030
血清白蛋白(g/L) 32.61±8.40 32.15±9.70 30.14±8.76 1.714 0.181
eGFR[ml·min-1·(1.73 m2-1 58.53(35.95,87.86) 59.78(32.71,90.26) 77.22(34.87,106.22) 4.848 0.089
空腹血糖(mmol/L) 8.38±4.20 9.44±5.33 7.32±3.46ab 6.523 0.002
糖化血红蛋白(%) 7.13±1.67 7.30±1.33 6.65±1.31ab 6.108 0.002
补体C4(g/L) 0.31±0.09 0.28±0.07 0.31±0.11 1.051 0.350
补体C3(g/L) 1.10±0.36 1.05±0.12 1.14±0.25 2.343 0.097
三酰甘油(mmol/L) 1.96±1.00 2.21±1.35 2.21±1.35a 6.028 0.003
总胆固醇(mmol/L) 4.90±1.61 4.97±1.60 5.45±2.25a 3.034 0.049
血红蛋白(g/L) 115.70±25.33 128.07±20.95a 131.60±24.05a 16.230 <0.001
高血压[例(%)] 44(41.12) 16(50.00) 219(63.66)a 17.844 <0.001
糖尿病视网膜病变[例(%)] 61(57.01) 14(43.75) 21(6.10)ab 145.064 <0.001
注:DKD:糖尿病肾脏疾病;NDKD:非糖尿病肾脏疾病;eGFR:估算肾小球滤过率;符合正态分布的计量资料用x-±s形式表示,3组间比较采用单因素方差分析;非正态分布的计量资料用MP 25P 75)形式表示,3组间比较采用Kruskal-Wallis秩和检验;计数资料用例数(%)表示,3组间比较采用χ 2检验;与DKD组比较,a P<0.05;与DKD+NDKD组比较,b P<0.05
2. 病理类型分析: 32例DKD+NDKD患者中,膜性肾病(membranous nephropathy,MN)11例(34.38%),IgA肾病(IgA nephropathy,IgAN)8例(25.00%),系膜增生性肾小球肾炎(mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis,MsPGN)5例(15.63%)。344例NDKD患者中,MN 139例(40.41%),IgAN 67例(19.48%),MsPGN 60例(17.44%),血管炎肾损害17例(4.94%),局灶节段性肾小球硬化症8例(2.33%),间质性肾炎9例(2.62%),紫癜性肾炎9例(2.62%)。
3. 糖尿病病史与DKD的关系: 既往无糖尿病本次住院诊断为2型糖尿病的患者136例(28.16%),糖尿病病史≤3个月57例,3~12个月64例,1~5年98例,5~10年77例,≥10年51例。136例新发糖尿病患者中,DKD 3例(2.21%),DKD+NDKD 2例(1.47%),NDKD 131例(96.32%)。糖尿病病史≤3个月、3~12个月、1~5年、5~10年及≥10年患者中,DKD占比分别为10.53%(6/57)、25.00%(16/64)、26.53%(26/98)、41.56%(32/77)及47.06%(24/51)。同样糖尿病病史≤3个月、3~12个月、1~5年、5~10年及≥10年患者中,DKD+NDKD占比分别为3.51%(2/57)、3.13%(2/64)、10.20%(10/98)、9.09%(7/77)和17.65%(9/51)。随着糖尿病病史延长,DKD或DKD+NDKD比例均增加。见图1
图1 不同糖尿病病史患者肾脏病理类型分布
注:根据糖尿病病史将患者分为6组:(1)既往无糖尿病入院行口服葡萄糖耐量试验筛选出的新发糖尿病患者;(2)糖尿病病史≤3个月;(3)糖尿病病史3~12个月;(4)糖尿病病史1~5年;(5)糖尿病病史5~10年;(6)糖尿病病史≥10年

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4. DKD的相关因素: 多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示,糖尿病病史(OR=1.130,95% CI 1.057~1.208,P<0.001)、糖尿病视网膜病变(OR=12.185,95% CI 5.331~27.849,P<0.001)、尿红细胞计数(OR=0.987,95% CI 0.974~0.999,P=0.039)、糖化血红蛋白(OR=1.482,95% CI 1.119~1.961,P=0.006)及血红蛋白(OR=0.973,95% CI 0.957~0.990,P=0.001)与DKD独立相关,见表2
表2 肾活检患者糖尿病肾脏疾病相关因素的Logistic回归分析(n=483)
影响因素 单因素分析 多因素分析
OR (95% CI P OR (95% CI P
性别(男/女) 0.554(0.334~0.918) 0.022 1.085(0.486~2.424) 0.842
年龄(每增加1岁) 0.989(0.973~1.006) 0.203 0.977(0.947~1.008) 0.150
体重指数(每增加1 kg/m2 0.905(0.847~0.967) 0.003 0.946(0.849~1.054) 0.946
糖尿病病史(每增加1年) 1.183(1.131~1.238) <0.001 1.130(1.057~1.208) <0.001
糖尿病视网膜病变(是/否) 20.396(11.372~36.583) <0.001 12.185(5.331~27.849) <0.001
24 h尿蛋白量(每升高1 g) 1.113(1.015~1.219) 0.022 1.064(0.910~1.244) 0.435
尿红细胞计数(每增加1个/高倍镜) 0.997(0.994~0.999) 0.017 0.987(0.974~0.999) 0.039
空腹血糖(每升高1 mmol/L) 1.074(1.015~1.116) 0.014 1.063(0.968~1.166) 0.200
糖化血红蛋白(每升高1%) 1.240(1.068~1.440) 0.005 1.482(1.119~1.961) 0.006
总胆固醇(每升高1 mmol/L) 0.870(0.770~0.983) 0.025 0.816(0.665~1.001) 0.051
血红蛋白(每升高1 g/L) 0.975(0.966~0.985) <0.001 0.973(0.957~0.990) 0.001

三 讨论

DKD是糖尿病主要的微血管病变,也是ESKD的主要病因1。然而并非所有2型糖尿病合并的慢性肾脏病均为DKD,部分为NDKD或DKD+NDKD4。NDKD患者经免疫治疗可降低进展至ESKD的风险。本研究分析了本中心2015—2021年2型糖尿病患者行肾活检的临床及病理结果,以期为临床诊治提供指导。
既往研究发现行肾活检的糖尿病患者中DKD占40.0%3,本研究为22.15%,低于既往研究,考虑原因为既往研究大多为确诊的糖尿病患者,而本研究纳入136例(28.16%)新发2型糖尿病患者,该部分人群以NDKD为主。
本研究NDKD患者的肾活检主要病理类型为MN、IgAN和MsPGN,与既往NDKD患者肾活检结果一致6。DKD+NDKD患者原发性肾脏病主要类型也为MN、IgAN和MsPGN。提示合并糖尿病不影响原发性肾脏病类型。
一般认为DKD发生与糖尿病病史时间有关7。本研究发现,糖尿病病史≤3个月、3~12个月、1~5年、5~10年及≥10年患者中DKD占比分别为10.53%、25.00%、26.53%、41.56%及47.06%。随着糖尿病病史延长,DKD比例增加,与既往研究一致。但本研究发现糖尿病病史<3个月,甚至新发糖尿病者,仍有6例(10.53%,6/57)及3例(2.21%,3/136)发生DKD,因此对于首次诊断为2型糖尿病的患者应早期进行DKD筛查。
既往研究证实了糖尿病病史、糖尿病视网膜病变、尿红细胞计数及糖化血红蛋白在鉴别DKD及NDKD中的作用8-9。本研究亦分析了区分DKD和NDKD的相关因素,Logistic回归分析结果显示,糖尿病病史、糖尿病视网膜病变、尿红细胞计数、糖化血红蛋白及血红蛋白与DKD独立相关。DKD病理表现为典型肾小球病理改变,包括肾小球基底膜增厚、系膜基质增宽及肾小球硬化,临床表现为逐渐进展的蛋白尿,随后出现肾小球滤过率下降。然而,近年来发现部分患者表现为无蛋白尿或微量蛋白尿,但肾小球滤过率快速下降,病理表现以肾小管间质病变为主,肾脏病发展轨迹不同于经典表型10。肾小管间质损伤可导致促红细胞生成素分泌不足,从而造成肾性贫血。该部分DKD患者的存在可能与估算肾小球滤过率和血红蛋白水平较低相关。
本研究纳入了既往无糖尿病、入院行口服葡萄糖耐量试验筛选出的糖尿病患者,评估了其肾脏受损情况。但本研究也存在一些不足:首先,本研究为单中心研究,需多中心的大样本研究进行验证;另外本研究仅分析了基线资料,需进一步随访,明确不同病理类型患者的预后。
综上所述,MN为本中心NDKD及DKD+NDKD最常见的病理类型;即使新发2型糖尿病患者也有合并DKD的可能,应早期进行DKD筛查;另外,糖尿病病史、糖尿病视网膜病变、尿红细胞计数、糖化血红蛋白及血红蛋白或可用于鉴别DKD与NDKD。

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金李:数据收集、数据分析及文章书写;王晓培、王志刚:数据分析指导和文章修订;兰平:病理指导;刘辉:数据收集;路万虹:研究方案制定、文章修订

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