Urinary excretion of glycated albumin in insulin-dependent diabetic patients with normal urinary albumin excretion

1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianfranco Pagano ◽  
Anna Chiambretti ◽  
Valentina Calefato ◽  
Marco Tomalino ◽  
Giovanni Cecchini ◽  
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1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1559-1562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pernille M. Hansen ◽  
Patricia P.M. Goddijn ◽  
Allan Kofoed-Enevoldsen ◽  
Karin M. van Tol ◽  
Henk J.G. Bilo ◽  
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Author(s):  
P Martin ◽  
H Tindall ◽  
J N Harvey ◽  
T M Handley ◽  
C Chapman ◽  
...  

We compared the urinary excretion of albumin, transferrin, N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase and α-1-microglobulin in 78 Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients: 39 with retinopathy and 39 without. The two groups were matched for age, sex and duration of diabetes. The patients with retinopathy had increased excretion (median and range) of albumin [1·7 (0·3–399·1) versus 1·0 (0·3–116·6) mg/mmol creatinine, P < 0·05], transferrin [114·2 (4·1–37126·2) versus 33·4 (1·0–4176·7) μg/mmol creatinine, P < 0·01] and N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase [23·8 (1·1–119·1) versus 15·0 (0·1–65·1) μmol/h/mmol creatinine, P < 0·05] but not α-1-microglobulin. Transferrin excretion correlated with albumin excretion. The prevalence of increased transferrin excretion (transferrinuria) was greater than that of microalbuminuria in patients both with and without retinopathy ( P < 0·01 in both cases). Urinary transferrin seems likely to be predominantly of glomerular origin and merits prospective longitudinal evaluation as a potential index of the microangiopathic process.


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