Research Article

Urinary Exosomal MicroRNA Profiling in Incipient Type 2 Diabetic Kidney Disease

Table 1

Clinical and laboratory parameters of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Normoalbuminuric DM2Macroalbuminuric DM2

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Age (years)53.40 ± 3.9054.60 ± 2.98
Gender (male/female)3/23/2
Diabetes duration (years)8.00 ± 1.589.20 ± 1.66
SBP (mmHg)116.80 ± 4.88118.40 ± 3.70
DBP (mmHg)76.20 ± 3.0776.60 ± 3.31
HbA1C (%)8.58 ± 0.769.20 ± 0.92
Body mass index (kg/m2)26.18 ± 1.4225.75 ± 2.45
Serum creatinine (μmol/L)66.4 ± 9.1766.60 ± 7.00
eGFR (mL/min × 1.73 m2)99.78 ± 8.41100.60 ± 5.38
Triglycerides (mmol/L)2.10 ± 0.261.53 ± 0.27
Cholesterol (mmol/L)5.08 ± 0.364.78 ± 0.42
LDL-C (mmol/L)3.32 ± 0.293.09 ± 0.22
HDL-C (mmol/L)0.92 ± 0.581.03 ± 0.15
Retinopathy (y/n)2/35/0
ACR (mg/mmol)0.92 ± 0.3530.90 ± 3.92
AER (mg/24 h)11.60 ± 2.52402.60 ± 24.738

Data are shown as mean ± SEM; DM2: type 2 diabetic patients; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HbA1C: glycosylated hemoglobin; GFR: glomerular filtration rate; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ACR: albumin/creatinine ratio; AER: albumin excretion rate; , macroalbuminuric versus normoalbuminuric patients.