Research Article

Urinary NGAL and RBP Are Biomarkers of Normoalbuminuric Renal Insufficiency in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of T2DM patients with normoalbuminuria.

NO-CKD ()NA-DKD () value

Age (years)<0.001
Gender (male/female)107/5828/160.861
Diabetes duration (years)0.269
BMI (kg/m2)0.147
SBP (mmHg)0.028
DBP (mmHg)0.253
HB (g)0.003
HbA1C (%)8.20 (6.85-10.0)8.00 (7.33-9.00)0.834
FBS (mmol/l)0.714
TC (mmol/l)0.310
TG (mmol/l)1.43 (0.92-2.47)1.67 (0.98-2.50)0.654
HDL (mmol/l)0.389
LDL (mmol/l)0.828
ALB (g/l)0.717
BUN (mmol/l)5.17 (4.39-6.64)8.21 (6.72-10.61)<0.001
CR (mmol/l)72.0 (60.0-84.0)121.0 (86.0-169.5)<0.001
UA (μmol/l)<0.001
CYSC (mg/l)0.76 (0.61-0.92)1.40 (1.26-1.67)<0.001