Title: Survey of serum Lipoprotein(a) in elderly patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy
Abstract: Objective To investigate the relationship between type 2 diabetic nephropathy and serum lipoprotein(a) in old patients.Method Sixty-eight eldly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were divided into two groups according urine albumin to-creatinine ratio(UACR):normoal buminuria(NUAlb) group and diabetic nephropathy(DN) group,other twenty-eight healthy old people were employed as controls,measured the serum lipoprotein(a) in all subjects.Results Compared the serum lipoprotein(a) levels between the three groups:DN group NUAlb group control group(P﹤0.05).Conclusion High level of serum lipoprotein(a) may be a risk factor for type 2 diabetic nephropathy in old people.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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