Characteristics of nephropathy in severely obese Japanese patients complicated with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional cohort study.

Noboru KurinamiSeigo SugiyamaHiroko IjimaAkira YoshidaKunio HieshimaFumio MiyamotoKeizo KajiwaraKatsunori JinnouchiTomio JinnouchiMasatoshi NomuraHideaki Jinnouchi

Published in: Endocrine (2020)

Urinary occult blood may be a significant independent factor associated with the presence of nephropathy in severely obese Japanese patients with T2DM. The presence of urinary occult blood could thus be an important pathogenic factor in obesity-related nephropathy in patients with T2DM.

Keyphrases

weight loss
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
adipose tissue
insulin resistance
bariatric surgery
glycemic control
obese patients
body mass index
skeletal muscle