Usefulness of serum cystatin C in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and nephropathy.
We examined usefulness of serum cystatin C to detect chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage >or=3, which was defined by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula. Serum cystatin C could detect CKD stage >or=3 with high efficacy in 289 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy.
Kimura
Tetsuya
T
Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. kimura.tetsuya@yahoo.com
Ikeda
Hiroki
H
Fujikawa
Jun
J
Nomura
Kazuhiro
K
Aoyama
Tomohisa
T
Wada
Yoshiharu
Y
Nabe
Koichiro
K
Hamamoto
Yoshiyuki
Y
Honjo
Sachiko
S
Koshiyama
Hiroyuki
H
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055316:Cystatin C / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D055316:Cystatin C