Inflammation and Kidney Injury in Diabetic African American Men

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Biochemical assessment of diabetic kidney disease. (a) Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratios (UACRs) among nondiabetic controls, diabetics with no known kidney disease (DM), and diabetics with diagnosed diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Diabetic patients were divided into three groups; normo-, micro-, and macroalbuminuria based on their UACR levels. Data are represented as error about the mean (SEM). Labels without a common letter indicate a significant difference between the groups (). (b) The proportion of diabetic patients with no known kidney disease with UACRs in the normo- (), micro- (), and macroalbuminuria () ranges. (c) Average estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR) among nondiabetic controls, diabetics with no known kidney disease (DM), and diabetics with diagnosed DKD. Members of the DM group are subdivided into normo-, micro-, and macroalbuminuria groups, as in (a). Data are represented as . Labels without a common letter indicate a significant difference between the groups ().

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