Abstract:Objective To investigate the predictive value of serum lncRNA Rpph1 expression in short-term progression of albuminuria in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.Methods A total of 268 cases of type 2 diabetes patients repeatedly hospitalized for blood glucose control in the department of endocrinology of our hospital from January 2016 to January 2018 were chosen as research subject, they were divided into albuminuria advanced group (n = 62), albuminuria non-advanced group of albuminuria (n = 206) according to the quantitative level of urinary albumin at 24 hours after the first and second admission. Comparing the difference of clinical data of two groups at first admission, influencing factors of albuminuria progression in type 2 diabetes patients were analyzed with multi-factor logistics regression, early prediction value of serum lncRNA Rpph1 expression in type 2 diabetes patients was analyzed with ROC curve.Results There were significant difference in diabetes course, hypertension, metformin treatment, Scr, serum uric acid, and lncRNA Rpph1 levels between albuminuria advanced group and albuminuria non-advanced group (P < 0.05). Hypertension [O^R = 3.271 (95% CI: 1.864, 3.872)], metformin therapy [O^R = 2.192 (95% CI: 1.253, 2.413) ], Scr [O^R = 1.873 (95% CI: 1.211, 2.063) ], serum uric acid [O^R = 2.321 (95% CI: 1.432, 2.784) ], and lncRNA Rpph1 [O^R = 2.621 (95% CI: 1.732, 3.064) ] levels were all independent risk factors for the progression of albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes (P < 0.05). ROC curve showed that optimal cut-off value of serum lncRNA Rpph1 expression level for the prediction of the progression of albuminuria at the first admission was 0.564, AUC was 0.800 (95% CI: 0.742, 0.858), and corresponding sensitivity and specificity were 67.48% (95% CI: 0.517, 0.784) and 82.26% (95% CI: 0.684, 0.935).Conclusion High expression level of serum lncRNA Rpph1 in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients is one of the independent risk factors for the subsequent progression of albuminuria, and its specific expression level has a certain early prediction value for the progression of albuminuria.