Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of electrochemical skin conductance(ESC) in screening of early diabetic kidney disease. Methods The clinical data of 176 patients with type 2 diabetes admitted to the Department of Endocrinology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University from October 2022 to February 2023 were analyzed.The patients divided into two groups according to urinary albumin to creatinine ratio(UACR) and estimated glomerular filtration(eGFR), namely, diabetic kidney disease group(DKD group, n=68) and non-diabetic kidney disease group(non-DKD group, n=108).All patients were tested by SUDOSCAN instrument to obtain ESC(HESC, FESC) of both hands and feet, as well as the diabetic kidney disease score(Sudoscan-DN).The link between UACR and SUDOSCAN parameters were compared using Spearman's correlation analysis, and the diagnostic efficacy of SUDOSCAN on diabetic kidney disease was determined by ROC curve. Results Compared with the non-DKD group, the DKD group was older, the duration was longer, the systolic blood pressure was higher, the TG, serum uric acid and creatinine, TSH levels were higher, the HbA1c was lower, the HESC, FESC and SUDOSCAN-DN values were lower, and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05). Spearman correlation analysis showed that UACR was significantly positively correlated with TC, LDL-C, serum creatinine and TSH(r value was respectively 0.202、0.207、0.378、0.174, P<0.05), and negatively correlated with eGFR, HESC, FESC and SUDOSCAN-DN(r value was respectively-0.300、-0.273、-0.861、-0.287, P<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that FESC, SUDOSCAN-DN and disease duration were independent risk factors for UACR(P<0.05).UACR used as the diagnostic criteria for diabetic nephropathy, SUDOSCAN-DN, FESC and SUDOSCAN-DN +FESC used to perform ROC curve, respectively, the sensitivity and specificity of SUDOSCAN-DN +FESC diagnosis was 60.1%, 79.8% respectively, the area under ROC curve was 0.741 and 95% confidence interval(0.664~0.819) (P<0.05). Conclusion SUDOSCAN parameters are markedly associated with UACR, which can be potential predictors for early type2 diabetic nephropathy. |