DOI: 10.2337/dc06-0264 © 2006 by the American Diabetes Association
Higher Levels of HDL Cholesterol Are Associated With a Decreased Likelihood of Albuminuria in Patients With Long-Standing Type 1 DiabetesResponse to Molitch et al.From the Department of Internal Medicine and Diabetology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Raszeja Hospital, Poznan, Poland Address correspondence to Assist. Prof. Dorota Zozulinska, Department of Internal Medicine and Diabetology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Raszeja Hospital, Mickiewicza 2, 60-834 Poznan, Poland. E-mail: zozula@box43.pl
We read with great interest the article by Molitch et al. (1), concerning the association between high levels of HDL cholesterol and albuminuria in type 1 diabetes. We have found similar results in a group of 157 patients with long-standing type 1 diabetes but in relation to retinopathy, which seems to be a more objective marker of microangiopathy than albuminuria in diabetes. Retinopathy was assessed by two experienced ophthalmologists using direct ophthalmoscopy on dilated pupils,
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