RT - Journal Article T1 - Prevalence of Proteinuria in Type II Diabetic Cases Referred to the Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism between 2004 and 2006 JF - RJMS YR - 2008 JO - RJMS VO - 15 IS - 0 UR - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1017-en.html SP - 137 EP - 144 K1 - Key Words: 1) Type II Diabetes Mellitus 2) Nephropathy 3) Microalbuminuria AB - Background & Aim: predictor of diabetic nephropathy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of proteinuria in patients withrecently diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus.Diabetic nephropathy is a common cause of end-stage renal disease. Microalbuminuria is aPatients and Method: 2 diabetic patients referred to the Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism between 2004 and 2006. The patients wereevaluated for age and sex and the following tests were performed: FBS, HbAlc, BUN, Cr, and 24-hour urine microalbumin.The results were compared by t-test.This observational, descriptive, analytical study was carried out on 288 recently diagnosed typeResults: (51%) had microalbuminuria. 64.6% of the subjects were female and 35.4% were male. The sex/age ratio in the twogroups, i.e. with and without diabetic nephropathy, was similar. The mean age of the patients was 52.60(There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of the mean values of FBS, BUN, age, andsex(p LA eng UL http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1017-en.html M3 ER -