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SUBMITTER: He YY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7379808 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
He Yun-Yun YY Chen Zhe Z Fang Xiang-Yang XY Chang Jing J Lu Yong Y Wang Xiao-Juan XJ
BMC endocrine disorders 20200723 1
<h4>Background</h4>Albuminuria is the early manifestation of the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy (DN). The current study was to investigate the relationship of pulmonary function with albuminuria in type 2 diabetic patients with preserved renal function to evaluate the role of pulmonary function in the early stage of DN.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 326 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) including 270 without albuminuria and 56 with albuminuria, and 265 non-diabetic patients were en ...[more]