Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: We investigated the association between urinary pentosidine concentration (UPC) and vascular complications.Methods: UPC was measured in 66 patients (31 men and 35 women) with type 2 diabetes. We compared UPC between patients with and without diabetic microangiopathy, and between patients with and without macroangiopathy (cerebral infarction (CI), coronary artery disease, and peripheral arterial disease). Stepwise regression analysis was performed t...