G. Biesenbach et al., ABNORMAL INCREASES IN URINARY ALBUMIN EXCRETION DURING PREGNANCY IN IDDM WOMEN WITH PREEXISTING MICROALBUMINURIA, Diabetologia, 37(9), 1994, pp. 905-910
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Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism","Medicine, General & Internal
We compared urinary albumin excretion during and after pregnancy in 30
insulin-dependent diabetic (IDDM) women with normoalbuminuria and in
12 IDDM women with microalbuminuria (> 15 mu g.min(-1)) prior to conce
ption. There was a 6.7-fold increase in the urinary albumin excretion
up until the third trimester in the women with pre-existing microalbum
inuria, compared with a 3.8-fold increase in the normoalbuminuric wome
n. In both groups of patients the urinary albumin excretion reached a
peak during the third trimester with 492 +/- 404 mu g.min(-1) in the m
icroalbuminuric women vs 43 +/- 36 mu g.min(-1) in the normoalbuminuri
c women (p < 0.0005). Two women from each of the groups developed ecla
mpsia with diastolic blood pressure over 90 mmHg, mild or moderate oed
ema and macroproteinuria. Four of the pregnant women with pre-existing
microalbuminuria showed a transient nephrotic syndrome (33.3 %) with
protein excretion over 3 g in 24-h urine samples during the third trim
ester. In contrast, this was not observed in any of the normoalbuminur
ic women (p < 0.05). Within 12 weeks after delivery the urinary albumi
n excretion rates dropped to the pre-conception values in both patient
groups. Renal function remained normal during pregnancy in both of th
e groups, with a physiological increase in creatinine clearance up unt
il the third trimester (26 % increase in the normoalbuminuric women vs
22 % in the microalbuminuric women). In conclusion, the effect of pre
gnancy on the urinary albumin excretion in diabetic women with preexis
ting microalbuminuria is an exaggeration of the increase of albuminuri
a in diabetic women with normoalbuminuria; normalization occurs within
12 weeks after delivery in all cases. This enhancement of the albumin
excretion in the microalbuminuric women cannot be explained by a larg
er increase in the hyperfiltration during pregnancy.