FRIDAY, April 4 (Health Day News) – According to a new study, high levels of uric acid in the blood may be a near the beginning sign of diabetic kidney disease among the people that have type 1 diabetes.
Joslin Diabetes Center Boston:
At the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston the researchers noted that high uric acid levels may emerge before any notable change in urine albumin levels which is the standard screening test for diabetic kidney disease.
The researchers checked serum uric acid attentiveness and urine albumin levels in 675 patients who have type 1 diabetes.They found that 311 patients had micro-albuminuria (little amount of protein albumin in the urine), an early sign of diabetic kidney disease and the other 364 patients had standard urine albumin levels.While none of the patients had higher levels of albumin (albuminuria), one out of five did have some harm of kidney function.
