Low-grade albuminuria is associated with early but not late carotid atherosclerotic lesions in community-based patients with type 2 diabetes

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Li, Mei Fang ^a   Tu, Yin Fang ^a   Li, Lian Xi ^a   Lu, Jun Xi ^a   Dong, Xue Hong ^b   Yu, Li Bo ^a   Zhang, Rong ^a   Bao, Yu Qian ^a   Jia, Wei Ping ^a   Hu, Ren Ming ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Carotid plaque; Carotid stenosis; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Urine albumin creatinine ratio

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINE;

AGED; ALBUMINURIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880946693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-12-110     Document Type: Article

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