Clinical features and risk factors of renal damage in elderly and non-elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Huang, H.; Li, H.; Zheng, F.-p.; Lu, W.-n.; Dong, X.-h.; Ruan, Y.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 90(14): 967-971
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0376-2491 PMID: 20646646 Document Number: 641118
To investigate the clinical features and risk factors of renal damage in the elderly and non-elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The data were collected from a survey of 10-year retrospective study of chronic complications of hospitalized type 2 diabetics organized by Chinese Diabetes Society. A total of 1351 patients of type 2 diabetes were selected and divided into an elderly group (>or=60 year) and a non-elderly group (<60 year). The patients were also divided into three groups according to urinary albumin excretion rate (AER): normoalbuminuria group (AER<30 mg/24 h), microalbuminuria group (30