Table 1.

Associations between structural changes and Logmyostatin expression in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy (n = 26).

Histopathologic change	Glomerular myostatin		Tubular myostatin		Interstitial myostatin
	r	P	r	P	r	P
Mesangial expansion	−0.20	NS	−0.23	NS	−0.27	NS
Glomerular sclerosis %	0.61	0.01	0.099	NS	0.38	NS
Glomerular ischemia	0.13	NS	0.17	NS	−0.05	NS
Arteriolar hyalinosis	0.38	NS	−0.20	NS	0.15	NS
Interstitial fibrosis	0.29	NS	−0.125	NS	0.54	0.01
Interstitial inflammation	0.62	0.01	−0.01	NS	0.40	0.05
Tubular atrophy	0.29	NS	−0.136	NS	0.34	NS
Atherosclerosis	0.39	NS	0.17	NS	0.29	NS
Arterial hyalinosis	−0.16	NS	0.11	NS	0.07	NS