Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) worldwide and it is estimated that more than 20% type 2 diabetic patients reach ESRD during their lifetime.

Objectives: To find out nutritional and other risk factors associated with the prevalence of diabetic nephropathy.

Research Design: In this study the risk factors associated with the diabetic nephropathy was identified among the known diabetic subjects. Type 2 diabetic subjects (n=60), inclusive of known diabetic subjects with condition of either microalbuminuria (UAE >20 μg/min and ≤199 μg/min) or macroalbuminuria (UAE ≥200 μg/min) were purposively selected from the nephrology department of Swaroop Rani Medical Collage, Allahabad.

Results: Microalbuminuria was present in 47% of respondent. Percent analysis showed that older age (60%), longer duration of diabetes (67%), high BMI (60%), HbAlc (80%), serum creatinine (70%), and triglyceride level (60%), high blood pressure (73%), low hemoglobin level (60%), high plasma glucose (83%) and lower HDL cholesterol level (67%) were directly associated with albuminuria. But albuminuria was not associated with the gender, smoking (23%), total cholesterol (10%), LDL cholesterol (13%) or family history of diabetes (27%). Faulty food habits due to the lack of nutritional awareness were also measured as a major risk factor associated with development of diabetic nephropathy.