Research Article
Elevated Urinary Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Diabetic Nephropathy Is Caused by Local Production and Tubular Dysfunction
Table 2
General and clinicalcharacteristics of the diabetic patients.
| | | Diabetic patients |
| | (% man) | 279 (46) | | Normoalbuminuria ( (%)) | 142 (61) | | Microalbuminuria ( (%)) | 64 (23) | | Macroalbuminuria ( (%)) | 73 (26) | | Age (years) | 52 (41–62) | | Duration of diabetes (years) | 35 (26–42) | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24 (22–26) | | HbA1c (%) | 8.4 (7.7–9.3) | | Estimated GFR (mL min−1 1.73 m−2) | 75 (61–87) | | Plasma CTGF (pmol/L) | 136 (<127–270) | | Urinary CTGF (pmol/g creatinine) | 81 (54–118) |
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Data are median (interquartile range).
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