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Chapter-12 Diabetic Nephropathy

BOOK TITLE: Diabetes Mellitus Issues for the Indian Women

Author
1. Viswanathan Vijay
2. Rani Anitha
ISBN
9789352702596
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18030_13
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
4
Author Affiliations
1. Sandhi Children’s Clinic, Unit No 4, Doctor House, Plot No 101, Sector 21, Nerul (E), Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, MV Hospital for Diabetes and Professor M, Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, MV Hospital for Diabetes and Professor M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, MV Hospital for Diabetes and Professor M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; National Vice President RSSDI, MV Hospital for Diabetes; M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India,, Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, MV Hospital for Diabetes and M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, MV Hospital for Diabetes and Prof M Viswanathan Diabetes, Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Department of Diabetes, M V Hospital for Diabetes, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, MV Hospital for Diabetes and Prof M, Viswanathan Diabetes Research Center, Royapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, M V Hospital for
2. MV Hospital for Diabetes, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Prof M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, MV Hospital for Diabetes and Prof M Viswanathan Diabetes, Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Chapter keywords
Diabetic nephropathy, end-stage renal disease, ESRD, cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular morbidity, cardiovascular disease, CVD, estimated glomerular filtration rate, eGFR

Abstract

Diabetic nephropathy is the common cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and also influences cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Nearly 60% of the adolescent girls with diabetes are more likely to develop microalbuminuria than boys. Diabetic nephropathy is diagnosed earlier in women rather than men and more than 25% of the women with diabetic nephropathy were diagnosed during pregnancy. Furthermore, women with existing diabetic nephropathy showed increased protein excretion, which is due to pregnancy related, increased glomerular filtration in early pregnancy. This chapter covers the gender difference, gender and disease progression, and mortality. A gender difference has been well documented in the field of nephrology. Women live longer compared to men. Proteinuria is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. Declining estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) increases the rate of mortality among patients with ESRD.

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