Table 2. Characteristics of Control and Diabetic Individuals.

	Control	Diabetic
Number	45	54
Gender M/F	17/14	21/13
Age	50±4	55±4
HbA1C	4.9±0.2	7.5±0.3 (P<0.0001)

Exclusion criteria: Evidence of ongoing acute or chronic infection (HIV, hepatitis B or C, tuberculosis), ongoing malignancy, cerebral vascular accident or cerebral vascular procedure, history of organ transplantation, presence of a graft, uremic symptoms, an estimated glomerular filtration rate of <40 cc/min, or an albumin of less than 3.6.