Open AccessUrinary liver-type fatty acid-binding protein as a Marker for Early Diagnosis of Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 1 Diabetic Children.
Author(s) -
Mones M. AbuShady,
Gihan A. Fathy,
Abbas Ma,
Essam M. Galal,
Soha A. Nasr
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-3891
pISSN - 0974-2441
DOI - 10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i5.23518
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic nephropathy , creatinine , urinary system , diabetes mellitus , nephropathy , outpatient clinic , urine , gastroenterology , endocrinology , type 2 diabetes , type 1 diabetes , urology
Objectives: Renal failure and premature mortality are fatal prognosis of diabetic nephropathy. To improve patient outcome, early diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy is necessary. The study was designed to evaluate urinary liver-type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP), as an early biomarker of tubulointerstitial injury, and its association with the clinical characteristics of type 1 diabetic children.Methods: Fifty randomly selected patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) attending the diabetes outpatient clinic of Ain Shams University Children’s Hospital were included in the study. 50 age and sex-matched healthy subjects were enrolled as controls. Urinary L-FABP, 24 h urine albumin, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), serum creatinine, and lipid profile were measured.Results: Diabetic subjects had higher mean urinary L-FABP than controls (p<0.05). In microalbuminuric diabetic subjects, the mean urinary L-FABP was detected to be significantly higher than that in normoalbuminuric diabetic subjects, and significantly higher values of the mean urinary L-FABP were detected in the microalbuminuric and the normoalbuminuric subjects than the controls (p<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that duration of DM and HbA1c was the main predictors of urinary L-FABP in diabetic subjects.Conclusion: In patients with childhood-onset T1D, urinary L-FABP may be used as an indicator of renal injury in early stages of nephropathy, even in the normoalbuminuric state.