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Risk factors for the progression of microalbuminuria in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients--a 10 year follow-up study.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Oct 1999
Oue T, Namba M, Nakajima H, Ono A, Horikawa Y, Yamamoto K, Hamaguchi T, Fujino-Kurihara H, Yamasaki T, Tomita K, Miyagawa J, Hanafusa T, Matsuzawa Y
Abstract excerpt
To clarify risk factors for the progression of microalbuminuria in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients, the longitudinal study for 10 years was conducted on 67 outpatients with type 2 diabetes, who had shown no overt proteinuria at baseline. The urinary albumin index (UAI) has been determined based on the mean of at least two random urine samples each year. Categories were defined as normoalbuminuria (UAI < 30.0...
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