Relationship between homocysteine and incipient diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus / 中国糖尿病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship between Homocysteine (Hcy) and incipient diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).Methods The plasma Hcy level was measured by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection in 67 patients with type 2 DM and 47 control persons,the plasma thrombomodulin(sTM),folate and vitamin B 12 were determined simultaneously.Results The plasma Hcy level was higher in type 2 DM patients than that in control subjects (15.27?6.04?mol/L vs 12.10?1.86?mol/L, P