The purpose of this study was to identify clinical characteristics of type 2 diabetic patients with microalbuminuria.
The subjects were 390 out type 2 diabetic patients from beginning of March through the end of April in 2001, who visited at the endocrine center at Kangnam St. Mary´s Hospital of Catholic University in Seoul.
The patients´ clinical laboratory data were assessed at medical record review. The data were analyzed using for t-test and x^2 test.
The results were as follows :
1. There were no significant differences in age, body mass index, family history of diabetes and hypoglycemic agents between normoalbuminuria group and microalbuminuria group.
2. The level of systolic blood pressure and creatinine of microalbuminuria group were higher than those of normoalbuminuria group.
There were no significant differences in HbAlc, fasting blood glucose, 2-hour postprandial blood glucose, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglyceride, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, lipoprotein(a) and blood urea nitrogen between normoalbuminuria group and microalbuminuria group.
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