Table 1.

Basic Characteristics of Human Subjects

Characteristic	Control group	DN group
n	2	5
Sex (F/M)∗	1/1	1/4
Age, years†	28.5 ± 3.5	62.0 ± 17.1
Proteinuria, grams per 24 hours†	0.1 ± 0.1	5.1 ± 3.5
Serum creatinine, mg/dL†	0.9 ± 0.5	1.5 ± 0.2

F, female; M, male; DN, diabetes mellitus nephropathy.

^∗Data are expressed as numbers of subjects.

^†Data are expressed as means ± SEM.