Prevalence of diabetic nephropathy in children and adolescents in the Kyrgyz Republic

Nowadays diabetes mellitus is one of the global problems. Due to insufficiently effective treatment, diabetes can significantly worsen the life of patients, which leads to early disability and premature death caused by vascular complications. Today, it is clear that diabetic complications not only develop more often in patients who fell ill in their childhood, but also are widespread among adolescents. The purpose of the paper is to study the prevalence of diabetic nephropathy among children and adolescents in the Kyrgyz Republic. Materials and Methods. The authors examined 131 children, hospitalized to the Department of Endocrinology, the National Center for Maternity and Childhood Protection between January 2017 and December 2018 and diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, type 1 The results were processed by variation statistics technique using the statistical analysis software package (Statistica for Windows v. 6.0). Results. Diabetic nephropathy was detected in 60 patients (46 %)...