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| Title |
A low-carbohydrate diet may prevent end-stage renal failure in type 2 diabetes. A case report
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nutrition & Metabolism, June 2006
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| DOI | 10.1186/1743-7075-3-23 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jørgen Vesti Nielsen, Per Westerlund, Per Bygren |
| Abstract |
An obese patient with type 2 diabetes whose diet was changed from the recommended high-carbohydrate, low-fat type to a low-carbohydrate diet showed a significant reduction in bodyweight, improved glycemic control and a reversal of a six year long decline of renal function. The reversal of the renal function was likely caused by both improved glycemic control and elimination of the patient's obesity. Insulin treatment in type 2 diabetes patients usually leads to weight increase which may cause further injury to the kidney. Although other unknown metabolic mechanisms cannot be excluded, it is likely that the obesity caused by the combination of high-carbohydrate diet and insulin in this case contributed to the patient's deteriorating kidney function. In such patients, where control of bodyweight and hyperglycemia is vital, a trial with a low-carbohydrate diet may be appropriate to avoid the risk of adding obesity-associated renal failure to already failing kidneys. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 246 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 20 | 8% |
| Australia | 12 | 5% |
| Canada | 9 | 4% |
| Japan | 6 | 2% |
| Brazil | 5 | 2% |
| South Africa | 4 | 2% |
| Spain | 4 | 2% |
| Chile | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 30 | 12% |
| Unknown | 117 | 48% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 188 | 76% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 45 | 18% |
| Scientists | 10 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 40 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 37 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 6 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 13% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Researcher | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 9 | 23% |
| Unknown | 6 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 38% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 8% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 3% |
| Psychology | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 7 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 165. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 September 2022.
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#251,300
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#41
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#304
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#1
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