Research Article
Expression Profiling and Clinical Significance of Plasma MicroRNAs in Diabetic Nephropathy
Table 1
Characteristics of participants.
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NC: normal controls; DM: diabetes mellitus with normoalbuminuria; Mic: diabetic nephropathy with microalbuminuria; Mac: diabetic nephropathy with macroalbuminuria. FPG: fasting plasma glucose; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; cIMT: carotid intima-media thickness. Comparisons were made between groups using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney -test. between DM vs. DN; # between NC vs. DN; a between Mac vs. Mic. |