[Relationship between body fat and creatinine clearence in adults with and without diabetes mellitus]

Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2015 May-Jun;53(3):302-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Background: Obesity is a risk factor for renal damage. This study aimed to determine the relationship between body fat percent and creatinine clearance in adult patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: An observational prospective cross-correlation study was carried out among adults with and without T2DM between 18 and 60 years of age. It was determined the time of evolution with T2DM, as well as fat percentage (FP), body mass index (BMI), creatinine clearance (Cockroft-Gault [CrCCG]), glycemia and micro/macroalbuminuria. The correlation between CrCCG and FP was determined by Spearman's test.

Results: 174 subjects were included in this study. Obesity by BMI and FP in subjects with and without T2DM was similar. Of the studied subjects, 12.6 % didn't have kidney damage and 50.7 % had increased risk of renal disease; the frequencies for stages 1-4 of kidney damage were 12.0, 20.1, 4.0 and 0.6 %, respectively. Spearman's test showed a direct relationship between FP and CrCCG, higher in diabetics (r = 0.418, p < 0.0001) than in non-diabetics (p = 0.327, p < 0.0001).

Conclusions: The FP was correlated directly with the CrCCG in subjects with and without T2DM; therefore, we can conclude that the greater the kidney damage, the smaller the fat porcentage in the study sample.

Introducción: la obesidad es un factor de riesgo para daño renal. El objetivo del estudio fue conocer la relación entre el porcentaje de grasa corporal (PG) y la depuración de creatinina en pacientes adultos con y sin diabetes mellitus 2 (DM2). Métodos: estudio observacional, prospectivo, transversal de correlación. Se evaluaron adultos entre 18 y 60 años, con y sin DM2. Se determinó el tiempo de evolución con DM2, el PG, el índice de masa corporal (IMC), la depuración de creatinina (Cockroft-Gault [DCrCG]), la glicemia y la micro/macroalbuminuria. Mediante la prueba de Spearman se determinó la correlación entre DCrCG y PG. Resultados: se incluyeron 174 sujetos. La frecuencia de obesidad por IMC y PG en sujetos con y sin DM2 fue similar. El 12.6 % no tuvo daño renal y el 50.7 % tuvo riesgo aumentado de enfermedad renal. Las frecuencias para los estadios 1 a 4 fueron 12.0, 20.1, 4.0 y 0.6 %, de forma respectiva. La prueba de Spearman mostró relación directa entre PG y DCrCG, mayor en diabéticos (r = 0.418 frente a r = 0.327, p < 0.0001). Conclusiones: el PG corporal se correlacionó en forma directa con la DCrCG en sujetos con y sin DM2; se infiere que a mayor daño renal, menor grasa tiene la población evaluada.

Keywords: Body fat; Creatinine clearance; Diabetes mellitus.

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Adiposity / physiology*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Body Mass Index
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Creatinine / blood*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / diagnosis
  • Obesity / physiopathology*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Renal Insufficiency / blood
  • Renal Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Renal Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Risk Factors
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Creatinine