Research Article

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

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of the matched patients.

NO-CKD ()NA-DKD () values

Age (years)0.141
Gender (male/female)56/3228/160.578
Diabetes duration (years)0.968
BMI (kg/m2)0.803
SBP (mmHg)0.033
DBP (mmHg)0.108
HB (g)0.051
HbA1C (%)8.15 (6.90-10.0)8.00 (7.33-9.00)0.839
FBS (mmol/l)0.667
TC (mmol/l)0.621
TG (mmol/l)1.36 (0.85-2.48)1.67 (0.98-2.50)0.447
HDL (mmol/l)0.902
LDL (mmol/l)0.944
ALB (g/l)0.868
BUN (mmol/l)5.55 (4.62-7.02)8.21 (6.72-10.61)<0.001
CR (mmol/l)72.5 (60.0-84.0)121.0 (86.0-169.5)<0.001
UA (μmol/l)<0.001
CYSC (mg/l)0.81 (0.64-0.93)1.40 (1.26-1.67)<0.001