TABLE 2.

Baseline characteristics of DKD and NDKD (control) participants.

Variables	DKD	NDKD
Number	12	12
Sex (M/F)	8/4	7/5
Age (years)	49.08 ± 4.82	46.83 ± 6.37
Blood glucose (mmol/L)	8.15 ± 0.67	9.14 ± 0.17
HBA1c (%)	7.49 ± 1.04	7.99 ± 1.21
Serum creatinine (μmol/L)	195.71 ± 19.75*	64.59 ± 9.48
Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)	21.19 ± 7.18*	5.73 ± 2.95
24 h proteinuria (mg)	1,150.54 ± 340.78*	142.65 ± 18.32

Values are the mean ± SD.

M, male; F, female; HBA1C, glycosylated hemoglobin; DKD, diabetic kidney disease; NDKD, diabetic without kidney disease.

*P < 0.05 vs. NDKD.