AIM: Population studies suggest a link between albuminuria, reduced glomerular filtration
rate (GFR) and retinopathy and macrovascular events in type 2 diabetes. The aim of this …

Persons with diabetes make up the fastest growing group of kidney dialysis and transplant
recipients in the United States. In 1985, when the first edition of Diabetes in America was …

Objective To assess clinical profiles of patients with type 2 diabetes in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), including patterns, frequencies, and risk factors of microvascular and …

OBJECTIVE—Microalbuminuria in diabetic patients is a predictor for diabetic nephropathy
and cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical impact of …

Despite the improvements in diagnostic tools and medical applications, cardiovascular
diseases (CVD), especially coronary artery disease (CAD), remain the most common cause …

METHODS—A cross-sectional study was performed in all consecutive normoalbuminuric
type 2 diabetic patients attending the outpatient clinic at Hospital de Clinicas de Porto …

Aims This study evaluated the predictive value of NT-proBNP for patients with diabetes
mellitus and compared the prognostic aptitude of this neurohumoral marker to traditional …

Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models have increasingly been employed in
chemical health risk assessments. By incorporating individual variability conferred by …

Background Renal insufficiency is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in patients with
renal disease or coronary heart disease; however, it is unknown whether renal function is an …

Background Data on the relations between kidney function abnormalities and stroke in type
2 diabetes are limited. We evaluated the associations of kidney function abnormalities and …