Urinary albumin excretion associated with arterial wall stiffness rather than thickness in type 2 diabetic patients

Abstract

These results suggest that increased arterial stiffness, but not arterial thickness, is significantly associated with the increase in albuminuria, and that decreased arterial distensibility due to increased stiffness caused by atherosclerosis may be related to the progression of diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetic patients.