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The transcapillary escape rate, intravascular mass and outflux of albumin were measured in 75 Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients. The groups were defined as: group 1: normal urinary albumin excretion, <30 mg/24 h (n=21); group 2: microalbuminuria, 30–300 mg/24 h (n=36); group 3: diabeticnephropathy, <300 mg/24 h (n=18). Fifteen sex- and age-matched non-diabetic persons served as control subjects. The diabetes duration was: group 1: 20±9 years, group 2: 17±5 years, group 3: 19±7 years. The transcapillary escape rate of albumin was similar in controls and group 1 (5.0±1.8 versus 5.2±1.5%) and was significantly higher in the microalbuminuric group 2 and group 3 (8.1±2.2 versus 8.1±2.3 %). The differences were not explained by differences in metabolic control or blood pressure at the time of investigation. The outflux of albumin was also higher in group 2 than in group 1 and controls (7.1 ± 2.0 versus 5.3±1.5 and 5.1±2.0 g/h × 1.73 m2). It was indistinguishable from controls in group 3 (5.8±1.5 g/h × 1.73 m2) because of a reduced intravascular mass of albumin (p<0.01) in group 3. In conclusion, a universal vascular leakage of albumin is an early event in the development of diabetic nephropathy, with the leakage of albumin being fully developed in the microalbuminuric patient. In contrast, long-term diabetic patients with normal urinary albumin excretion have a normal transcapillary escape rate of albumin.
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Feldt-Rasmussen, B. Increased transcapillary escape rate of albumin in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with microalbuminuria. Diabetologia 29, 282–286 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00452063
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