Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Urine UbA52 is a Biomarker of Early Diabetic Nephropathy
Brief Summary: Definite diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy is currently based on renal biopsy findings. In most cases, however, the diagnosis can be reliably made in patients with macroalbuminuria in the presence of diabetic retinopathy.Microalbuminuria is often used as a prognostic marker in type 1 diabetes, because approximately 50% of type 1 diabetes patients with microalbuminuria will eventually develop diabetic nephropathy. Conversely, microalbu- minuria is of much less value as a marker in DM because it has a variety of causes, including hypertension. Thus, additional markers are needed to identify patient groups with a high risk of developing overt diabetic nephropathy. The aims of this study is checking urine UbA52 levels with ELISA to identify its significance in the diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy.