Insulin resistance and the cluster of abnormalities related to the metabolic syndrome are associated with reduced glomerular filtration rate in patients with type 2 diabetes.
De Cosmo
Salvatore
S
Unit of Endocrinology, Scientific Institute Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. sdecosm@tin.it
Trevisan
Roberto
R
Minenna
Antonio
A
Vedovato
Monica
M
Viti
Raffaella
R
Santini
Stefano A
SA
Dodesini
Alessandro R
AR
Fioretto
Paola
P
Trischitta
Vincenzo
V
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged