In vivo evaluation of early renal damage in type 2 diabetic patients on 3.0 T MR diffusion tensor imaging

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

Characteristics	Type 2 diabetic patients with MAU	Type 2 diabetic patients with NAU	Healthy volunteers
No.	12	14	14
Medium age (yr)	61	68	60
Sex (male/female)	10/4	6/8	8/6
Serum creatinine (μmol/L)	92.0 ± 66.1	65.9 ± 19.9	54.3 ± 10.3
eGFR (mL/min·1.73 m2)	88.6 ± 9.1	94.4 ± 7.9	104.8 ± 14.8

MAU: Microalbuminuria; NAU: Normoalbuminuria.

Table 2 Fractional anisotropy measurements in included diabetic patients and healthy controls

FA values	Cortical FA	P value	Medullary FA	P value
Type 2 diabetic patients with MAU	0.393 ± 0.062		0.526 ± 0.047
Type 2 diabetic patients with NAU	0.412 ± 0.068		0.582 ± 0.096
Type 2 diabetic patients with either MAU or NAU	0.403 ± 0.064	0	0.556 ± 0.084	0
Healthy volunteers	0.463 ± 0.047		0.645 ± 0.076

FA: Fractional anisotropy; NAU: Normoalbuminuria; MAU: Microalbuminuria.