Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 83, Issue 2 , Pages e58-e61, February 2009

Usefulness of serum cystatin C in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and nephropathy

  • Tetsuya Kimura

      Affiliations

    • Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Ohgimachi 2-4-20, Kita-ku, Osaka 5308480, Japan. Tel.: +81 6 6312 8831; fax: +81 6 6312 8867.
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  • Hiroki Ikeda

      Affiliations

    • Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Jun Fujikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Kazuhiro Nomura

      Affiliations

    • Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Tomohisa Aoyama

      Affiliations

    • Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Yoshiharu Wada

      Affiliations

    • Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Koichiro Nabe

      Affiliations

    • Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Yoshiyuki Hamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Sachiko Honjo

      Affiliations

    • Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Koshiyama

      Affiliations

    • Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Received 28 June 2008; received in revised form 14 November 2008; accepted 20 November 2008. published online 05 January 2009.

Abstract 

We examined usefulness of serum cystatin C to detect chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage ≥3, which was defined by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula. Serum cystatin C could detect CKD stage ≥3 with high efficacy in 289 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy.

Keywords: Diabetic nephropathy, Cystatin C, Japanese, Chronic kidney disease

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PII: S0168-8227(08)00594-9

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2008.11.032

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 83, Issue 2 , Pages e58-e61, February 2009

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