Table 1—

Characteristics of study patients

	Normoalbuminuria	Microalbuminuria	Macroalbuminuria no ACEI	Macroalbuminuria with ACEI
n	10	8	5	8
Sex (M:F)	7:3	6:2	4:1	4:4
Age (years)	33 ± 4	39 ± 6	57 ± 8*†	39 ± 4
Duration (years)	14 ± 3	20 ± 7	35 ± 8*	23 ± 3
SBP (mmHg)	130 ± 4	130 ± 7	154 ± 9*†	136 ± 8
DBP (mmHg)	84 ± 2	83 ± 5	83 ± 5	83 ± 6
HbA_1c (%)	8.3 ± 0.6	9.4 ± 0.8	9.1 ± 1.4	9.5 ± 0.7
Se creat (μmol/l)	0.14 ± 0.06	0.09 ± 0.02	0.39 ± 0.13*†‡	0.16 ± 0.02
Creat cl (ml/s)	2.2 ± 0.2	1.8 ± 0.4	0.8 ± 0.4*†‡	1.3 ± 0.3

Data are means ± SE.
*
↵* P < 0.05 vs. normoalbuminuria;
†
↵† P < 0.05 vs. microalbuminuria;
‡
↵‡ P < 0.05 vs. macroalbuminuria with ACE inhibitor treatment. Creat cl, creatinine clearance; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; Se creat, serum creatinine.