Correlation of microalbumin and sialic acid with anthropometric variables in type 2 diabetic patients with and without nephropathy

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Figure 1 Mean sialic acid concentrations in three study groups.

Table 1 Biochemical and anthropometric variables in the controls, diabetics, and diabetics without nephropathy

Variable	Controls (Mean ± SD) n = 30	Diabetics (Mean ± SD) n = 38	Diabetes with nephropathy (Mean ± SD) n = 40
BMI (kg/m^2)	27.9 ± 7.3	29.2 ± 9.5	27.1 ± 6.1
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.86 ± 0.06	0.98 ± 0.07*	0.99 ± 0.06*
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	123.9 ± 14.6	145.4 ± 22.5*	162.3 ± 26.0*
Serum sialic acid (mg/dL)	54.2 ± 8.3	67.0 ± 11.7*	72.5 ± 22.3*
Urine sialic acid (mg/dL)	29.1 ± 15.2	38.6 ± 28.5	36.0 ± 38.9
Microalbumin (mg/L)	8.4 ± 10.2	28.9 ± 30.3	792.3 ± 803.9
C-reactive protein (mg/L)	2.0 ± 2.1	3.2 ± 4.2	3.4 ± 6.4
Glucose (mg/dL)	88.8 ± 9.8	135.6 ± 44.3*	154.9 ± 74.9*

* Notes: p < 0.05, significant compared with controls.