Urinary Albumin as an Indicator of Diabetic Nephropathy Lesions in Japanese Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Abstract

(1) similar to Caucasian type 2 diabetic patients, Japanese type 2 diabetic patients have greater heterogeneity of renal structure than Caucasian type 1 diabetic patients, and (2) urinary albumin is not a reliable indicator of underlying renal structure in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients.