Table 1.

The biochemical characteristics of the study population

	Controls (Group I) n=45	Normoalbuminuria (Group II) n=45	Microalbuminuria (GroupIII) n=40	Macroalbuminuria (Group IV) n=40	ANOVA P
Age (years)	49.57±6.08	50.9±5.59	52.82±6.64	53.7±6.00	0.009
DM duration (years)	0	8.13±2.17	8.85±2.17	8.80±1.68	<0.001**
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)	75.71±9.03	133.60±31.80	123.88±21.88	157.28±21.01	<0.001**
Postprandial plasma glucose (mg/dL)	113.64±13.45	195.87±46	181.38±30.8	222.13±37.48	<0.001**
Microalbumin (mg/g)	25.07±3.27	24.88±3.23	84.70±35.7	352±41.91	<0.001**
Serum Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.78±0.11	0.918±0.14	1.04±0.14	2.18±0.34	<0.001**
UrineCreatinine (g/L)	0.97±0.19	1.02±0.18	0.93±0.22	0.84±0.07	<0.001**
ACR (mg/g)	25.08±4.06	25.46±3.25	84.90±43	351±35.1	<0.001**
Serum Urea (mg/dL)	37.51±4.42	33.44±6.89	28.03±7.47	45.33±10.09	<0.001**
eGFR (ml/mt)	107.56±14.73	86.62±20.83	75.60±12.69	31.33±7.12	<0.001**
Urine Nephrin (ng/mL)	66.18±8.29	97.55±10.90	116±19.17	237.55±74.99	<0.001**

The biochemical parameters were expressed as Mean±SD; P<0.5 was considered statistically significant; **Highly significant