Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the patients with DKD and non-DKD.

Clinical data	Control	DN
Age (years)	25.08 ± 3.223	46.03 ± 2.112#
Sex (male/female)	4/9	16/14
Duration (month)	26.88 ± 7.501	63.33 ± 11.85
Hematuria (%)	6 (46.2%)	21 (70%)
Hb (g/L)	130.9 ± 3.736	109.5 ± 4.247#
Albumin (g/L)	31.82 ± 3.316	24.41 ± 1.391*
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.967 ± 0.871	5.82 ± 0.3329
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.302 ± 0.3514	2.276 ± 0.2289*
Scr (μJmol/L)	65.45 ± 8.992	144.3 ± 17.66#
BUN (mmol/L)	5.428 ± 0.6621	8.466 ± 0.6959*
UA (μJmol/L)	296 ± 29.34	362 ± 16.17*
Urine protein (mg/24 h)	832 ± 503.3	5978 ± 970.1#

Hb, Hemoglobin; Scr, serum creatinine; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; UA, uric acid.

^*p < 0.05, vs. control;

^#p < 0.01, vs. control. Values are the mean ± SE.