Effect of Sulodexide on Urinary Biomarkers of Kidney Injury in Normoalbuminuric Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of study participants.

Characteristics	Sulodexide	Placebo
	()	()
Age (years)	62.85 ± 8.04	63.7 ± 10.35
Male (%)	13 (65%)	12 (60%)
Body weight (kg)	72.9 ± 13.59	66.16 ± 13.11
DM duration (years)	9.4 ± 7.6	6.15 ± 5.2
Retinopathy (%)	3 (15%)	4 (20%)
ACEI/ARB (%)	15 (75%)	14 (70%)
Diuretics (%)	4 (20%)	4 (20%)
Comorbid diseases (%)
Coronary artery disease	1 (5%)	1 (5%)
Stroke	0 (0%)	1 (5%)
Hypertension	18 (90%)	17 (85%)
Gout	0 (0%)	1 (5%)

Data presents as mean ± SD, with analysis by or Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables and Student’s -test for continuous variables.