ANGPTL4: A Predictive Marker for Diabetic Nephropathy

Table 1

Anthropometric and clinical characteristics of participants with diabetes and diabetes and nephropathy and healthy controls.

Parameters	Nondiabetic controls ()	T2D ()	T2D with DN ()	value
Age (years)				0.077
Gender M/F	15/21	16/21	34/15	0.013
Body mass index (kg/m^2)				0.150
SBP (mmHg)				0.200
DBP (mmHg)				0.282
Fasting glucose (mmol/l)				≤0.001
HbA1C (%)				≤0.001
TC (mmol/l)				≤0.001
TG (mmol/l)				0.016
HDL-C (mmol/l)				≤0.001
LDL-C (mmol/l)				0.020
VLDL (mmol/l)				0.016
C-peptide (pg/ml)				0.829
Serum creatinine (mg/l)				≤0.001
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m^2)				≤0.001
Albumin (mcg/l)				0.001
CRP (μg/ml)				0.489
ACR (mg/g)				0.001
Urine creatinine (mg/day)				0.001
Microalbumin (mg/day)				0.010

Data are . SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; ACR: albumin/creatinine ratio. with nondiabetic controls; with nondiabetic controls.