A microalbuminuria threshold to predict the risk for the development of diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

A microalbuminuria threshold to predict the risk for the development of diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that a microalbuminuria (MA) threshold can help predict the risk for the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)_ patients. DESIGN: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 4739 subjects with T2DM and a prospective study of 297 sub...

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Main Authors: Haibing Chen, Zhi Zheng, Yan Huang, Kaifeng Guo, Junxi Lu, Lei Zhang, Haoyong Yu, Yuqian Bao, Weiping Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3349710?pdf=render

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