Stronger Association of Albuminuria with the Risk of Vascular Complications than Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Type 2 Diabetes

• Main Authors: Xinyu Hong (Author), Lingning Huang (Author), Yongze Zhang (Author), Ximei Shen (Author), Suiyan Weng (Author), Feihui Zeng (Author), Fengying Zhao (Author), Sunjie Yan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Albuminuria is a risk factor for macro- and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (T2D).With an increasing trend of normoalbuminuria, however, of the 2 predictors - estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) - which one is a better...