Intensive multifactorial intervention improved renal impairment in short-duration type 2 diabetes: A randomized,...

To investigate the effect of multifactorial intervention on the urinary albumin to creatinine ratio (UACR) and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in short-duration type 2 diabetes.

A total of 150 type 2 diabetes patients, with disease duration <1 year and with no evidence of atherosclerosis were randomized to either the intensive intervention group (IG, n = 75), or the conventional group (CG, n = 75) for 7 years. The predefined endpoint of microvascular complications was the progression of renal impairments (the development of albuminuria and the change of eGFR).

The incidence of progression to albuminuria (UACR ≥30 mg/g) was 12% in IG and 28% in CG (HR 0.37, 95% CI: 0.19-0.70, P = .0025). eGFR was significantly lower in IG than that in CG in the year 2 (P = .043) and 3 (P = .032) follow-up. Sex, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), HbA1c, and systolic blood pressure (SBP) were independently associated with the UACR (β = -5.112, P = .015; β = 0.908, P = .045; β = 2.087, P = .038; and β = 2.787, P = .002, respectively); aging was independently associated with eGFR (β = -0.447, P = .000).

Intensive multifactorial intervention delayed the progression to albuminuria, and reduced eGFR rapidly in early stage of intervention in short-duration type 2 diabetes. FPG, HbA1c, and SBP were risk factors for UACR increase; aging was a risk factor for eGFR decline.