Abstract:Objective:To study the correlation between Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and laboratory indexes and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in type 2 diabetic nephropathy. Methods:A total of 200 cases of patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy were selected; syndrome differentiation showed that there were 79 cases with yin-yang deficiency syndrome, 51 cases with spleen-kidney qi deficiency syndrome, 43 cases with qi-yin deficiency syndrome, and 27 cases with yin deficiency and dryness-heat syndrome. The levels of serum urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (Cr), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c),renalase (RNLS),urine β2-microglobulin (β2-MG),and CIMT in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy were compared among different Chinese medicine syndrome types. Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between Chinese medicine syndrome types of type 2 diabetic nephropathy and RNLS,β2-MG,CIMT,BUN,and Cr. Results:The comparisons of the levels of serum RNLS, β2-MG, BUN, Cr, and CIMT among patients with four different syndrome types showed significance in the difference (P<0.05). The serum levels of RNLS,β2-MG,BUN,Cr,and CIMT of patients with yin-yang deficiency syndrome were higher than those of patients with spleen-kidney qi deficiency syndrome, qi-yin deficiency syndrome, and yin deficiency and dryness-heat syndrome (P< 0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that Chinese Medicine syndrome types of type 2 diabetic nephropathy were positively correlated with RNLS,β2-MG,CIMT,BUN,and Cr (P<0.05). Conclusion: Qi-yin deficiency syndrome accounts for the highest proportion of patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy,followed by spleen-kidney qi deficiency syndrome. There are differences in serum RNLS and β2-MG levels and CIMT in patients with different Chinese medicine syndrome types.