DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2014.v02i05.031

Pages: 1649-1652

The objective of present study is to assess the validity of self-reported body size and shape Ultrasonography patterns for diabetic nephropathy. Ultrasonographic of the kidneys were performed on 205 patients with known Diabetic Mellitus (DM) , concerning on Kidney's Echogenicity, Cortico Medullary differentiation, right and left kidney length, and corticomedullary differentiation. The effect of age, gender, onset, renal parenchymal disease and pyelonephritis was statistically analyzed. It is found that there were association between patients shape, renal failure and renal parenchymal disease (P= 0.000, 0.429 and 0.068 respectively .relation was statistically significant since P<0.05. The study proved that diabetic patients were subject to multiple changes in kidneys that can be diagnosed by ultrasound, this supports the use of ultrasound in diabetic treatment units.