Randomized, cross-sectional, and prospective studies have demonstrated that
microvascular complications in patients with diabetes are not only the cause of blindness …

Objectives: To critically analyze the literature linking microalbuminuria with total and
cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in non—insulin—dependent diabetes …

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease as a public health problem. Chronic kidney disease is
a worldwide public health problem. In the United States, there is a rising incidence and …

Background—For the general population, the clinical relevance of an increased urinary
albumin excretion rate is still debated. Therefore, we examined the relationship between …

Since the first Joint European Societies (European Society of Cardiology, European
Atherosclerosis Society and European Society of Hypertension) Task Force …

OBJECTIVE The rationale for this study was to review the data on microalbuminuria (MA), an
amount of albumin in the urine of 30–299 mg/day, in patients with diabetes in the context of …

Based on the data from large single and multi-center clinical trials, including the Heart
Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) study, it is clear that the presence of …

Inflammation and microalbuminuria in nondiabetic and type 2 diabetic subjects: The Insulin
Resistance Atherosclerosis Study. Background Microalbuminuria is a risk factor for …

Background We explored whether chronic hyperglycemia is associated with defects in
endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in vivo and whether defects in the hemodynamic …

People with type 2 diabetes are disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease
(CVD), compared with those without diabetes. Traditional risk factors do not fully explain this …