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© 2005 by the American Diabetes Association, Inc.
Pathophysiology/Complications |
Peripheral Total and Differential Leukocyte Count in Diabetic Nephropathy
The relationship of plasma leptin to leukocytosis
1 Department of Clinical Research, Pingtung Christian Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan
2 Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Address correspondencereprint requests to Dr. Yau-Jiunn Lee, Department of Clinical Research, Pingtung Christian Hospital, No. 60, Da-Lien Rd., Pingtung, 90000 Taiwan. E-mail: t3275{at}ms25.hinet.net
OBJECTIVE—Because of increasing evidence that white blood cells (WBCs) play a role in the development and progression of diabetes complications, this study aimed to investigate the relation of circulating total and differential leukocyte counts to nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes. Plasma leptin levels were also measured to investigate their role in peripheral leukocytosis.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—For this study, 1,480 subjects with type 2 diabetes who were enrolled in a disease management program were stratified according to urinary microalbumin and serum creatinine measurements. The total and differential leukocyte profiles of peripheral blood were measured and plasma leptin was examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Demographic and potential metabolic confounding factors were analyzed with linear and logistic regression to calculate the effects of leukocyte count on diabetic nephropathy.
RESULTS—The peripheral total WBC, monocyte, and neutrophil counts increased in parallel with the advancement of diabetic nephropathy. In contrast, the lymphocyte count decreased. When WBC counts were analyzed per quartile and as continuous variables after adjusting for age, sex, and other known risk factors with multiple regression analysis, peripheral total WBC, monocyte, neutrophil, and lymphocyte counts were independently and significantly associated with diabetic nephropathy. Plasma leptin levels increased in patients with nephropathy and correlated significantly with total WBC count (r = 0.194, P = 0.014).
CONCLUSIONS—Because leukocytes are activated and secrete cytokines in the diabetic state and leptin stimulates leukocyte proliferation and differentiation, our results suggest that circulating leukocytes contribute to the development and progression of nephropathy, partially through the effects of leptin, in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Abbreviations: CAD, coronary artery disease • CHD, coronary heart disease • DBP, diastolic blood pressure • NK-
B, nuclear factor B • SBP, systolic blood pressure • TNF-
, tumor necrosis factor- • UACR, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio • WBC, white blood cell • WHR, waist-to-hip ratio
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