Affiliation:
1. From the Hypertension Unit, Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Pathology and Medicine (DPMSC), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Abstract
Abnormalities of glucose metabolism and hyperinsulinemia have been demonstrated in patients with end-stage renal disease and may contribute to the development of atherosclerotic complications in these patients. In the present study, we investigated the stage of renal failure in which abnormalities of glucose metabolism develop and whether these abnormalities were associated with an increased prevalence of cardiovascular events in patients with early renal failure. In 321 untreated essential hypertensive patients, we assessed renal function by measuring 24-h creatinine clearance, urinary protein excretion, and microalbuminuria; we assessed cardiovascular status by clinical and laboratory tests; and we measured plasma glucose, insulin, and C-peptide levels at fasting and after a 75-g oral glucose load. To evaluate insulin sensitivity, a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp was performed in a subgroup of 104 patients. Patients with creatinine clearance <30 ml · min−1 · 1.73 m−2, severe hypertension, BMI <30 kg/m2, and diabetes or family history of diabetes were excluded. Hypertensive patients were found to be hyperinsulinemic when compared with 92 matched normotensive subjects. Early renal failure (creatinine clearance <90 ml · min−1 · 1.73 m−2) caused by hypertensive nephrosclerosis was detected in 116 of 321 patients. Analysis of patients with varying degrees of renal function impairment demonstrated increased plasma glucose and insulin response to oral glucose load, decreased fasting glucose-to-insulin ratio, and reduced sensitivity to insulin only in those patients with creatinine clearance <50 ml · min−1 · 1.73 m−2. Parameters of glucose metabolism were not correlated with creatinine clearance and microalbuminuria. Prevalence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular events was significantly related to reduction of creatinine clearance, but parameters of glucose metabolism were comparable in patients with and without evidence of atherosclerotic damage. Thus, in patients with hypertensive nephrosclerosis and early impairment of glomerular filtration, alterations of glucose metabolism become evident only when creatinine clearance is <50 ml · min−1 · 1.73 m−2 and are not related to microalbuminuria and cardiovascular complications.
Publisher
American Diabetes Association
Subject
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,Internal Medicine
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