Clinical characteristics of control and Type 2 diabetic nephropathy patients.

<p>Data are presented as median (interquartile range) for continuous variables and % for categorical variables.</p>*<p>Urine protein-creatinine ratio not available for control patients as their urinalyses did not show proteinuria.</p>†<p>ACEI: angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors.</p>‡<p>ARB: angiotensin receptor blockers.