White blood cell fractions correlate with lesions of diabetic kidney disease and predict loss of kidney function in Type 2 diabetes

Background: Inflammation linked to diabetic kidney disease (DKD) may affect white blood cell (WBC) counts and differentials. We examined the cross-sectional associations of total WBC count and WBC fractions with structural lesions of DKD in 108 Pima Indians with Type 2 diabetes who underwent research kidney biopsies. We also examined the longitudinal association of these WBC variables with renal function loss (RFL) in 941 Europeans with Type 2 diabetes from the SURDIAGENE study.

Methods: Associations of WBC variables with morphometric parameters were assessed by linear regression. RFL was defined as≥40% loss of estimated glomerular filtration rate from baseline. Associations with RFL were evaluated by Cox regression. Hazard ratios (HRs) were reported per standard deviation increment of each WBC variable.

Results: After multivariable adjustment, lymphocyte (r  = -0.20, P = 0.043) and eosinophil (r = 0.21, P = 0.032) fractions in the Pima Indians correlated with glomerular basement membrane width. Eosinophil fraction also correlated with glomerular filtration surface density (r  = -0.21, P = 0.031). Lymphocyte fraction (r = 0.25, P = 0.013), neutrophil fraction (r  = -0.23, P = 0.021) and the neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio (r  = -0.22, P = 0.024) correlated with percentage of normally fenestrated endothelial cells. During median follow-up of 4.5 years, 321 SURDIAGENE participants developed RFL. Lower lymphocyte fraction [HR = 0.67, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.60-0.76] and higher neutrophil fraction (HR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.20-1.52), total WBC count (HR = 1.20, 95% CI 1.08-1.35) and neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio (HR = 1.44, 95% CI 1.28-1.62) each predicted RFL in this cohort.

Conclusions: WBC fractions associate with morphometric lesions of DKD and predict RFL in individuals with Type 2 diabetes.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

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2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

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Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 33(2018), 6 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 1001-1009

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wheelock, Kevin M [VerfasserIn]
Saulnier, Pierre-Jean [VerfasserIn]
Tanamas, Stephanie K [VerfasserIn]
Vijayakumar, Pavithra [VerfasserIn]
Weil, E Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Looker, Helen C [VerfasserIn]
Hanson, Robert L [VerfasserIn]
Lemley, Kevin V [VerfasserIn]
Yee, Berne [VerfasserIn]
Knowler, William C [VerfasserIn]
Hadjadj, Samy [VerfasserIn]
Najafian, Behzad [VerfasserIn]
Mauer, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Nelson, Robert G [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 11.09.2019

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1093/ndt/gfx231

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NLM276614844