Renal Function in Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Ile-Ife, Southwest Nigeria: A Clinicopathological Study | Chapter 15 | Highlights on Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 18
The goal of this study was to find out how common diabetic nephropathy is in type 2 diabetics in Southwest Nigeria, as well as the clinicopathological correlations. Descriptive, cross-sectional study design. Renal Unit, Medicine Department, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Southwest Nigeria, throughout the duration of the study. Methodology: A percutaneous ultrasound-guided renal biopsy was performed on 40 consenting type 2 diabetic adults out of 88 patients with chronic kidney disease in stages 3 and 4 according to the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes categorization. Eighty-eight (48.1%) of the one hundred and eighty-three participants had clinical Diabetic Nephropathy, with a mean age of 58.05(6.10) years. Diabetes had been present for 9.55(4.1) years. Protein excretion was 0.55 g/day on average. Glomerular Filtration Rate was estimated to be 45.1(12) ml/min on average. Thirty-nine renal tissues (97.5%) had thickened glomerular basement membranes...