How different urinary albumin excretion rates can predict progression to nephropathy and the effect of treatment in hypertensive diabetics

Hypothesis The efficacy of a treatment in a clinical trial depends in part on where the cut-off point is placed for the test result used to select patients for the trial, and this applies to irbesartan in the Irbesartan Microalbuminuria II (IRMA II) trial for preventing nephropathy. Patients and met...

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Main Authors: DE Huw Llewelyn, Juan Garcia-Puig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2004-09-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3317/jraas.2004.031