Aim: The early stages of acute renal failure are poorly diagnosed by current routine tests. We studied the correlation between cystatin C and creatinine in Type 2 diabetes patients. Introduction: The present study was carried out on 52 subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus. All subjects were tested for various parameters like, serum cystatin C, serum creatinine, HbA1C, FBS, and, PP2BS. Analysis of Glomerular filtration rate was done using national kidney foundation formula. To analyze data Excel is used for SD value and Social Science Statistics for P value. Method: ScyC levels increased significantly in type 2 diabetes patients (p<0.001) as compare to SCre level. A positive correlation was present between ScyC and SCr (r=0.309, p<0.005). Both SCysC (r=-0.184) and SCr (r=-0.309) had adverse correlation with eGFR (p<0.005). Result: Serum cystatin C can be recognised as an immediate marker to detect nephropathy and renal dysfunction in diabetic patients than serum creatinine. Furthermore, this study needs to be conducted with a largest population to confirm this.
Keywords: Acute Renal Failure, Creatinine, Cystatin C, Glomerular Filtration
Rate, Type 2 Diabetes