Higher Levels of HDL Cholesterol Are Associated With a Decreased Likelihood of Albuminuria in Patients With Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes
Response to Molitch et al.
- Bogna Wierusz-Wysocka, MD,
- Dorota A. Zozulinska, MD,
- Aleksandra Araszkiewicz, MD and
- Dorota Pisarczyk-Wiza, MD
- 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{at}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, …
