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Background: In advanced diabetes mellitus, serum levels of the most hormones are altered due to several interplaying mechanisms.
Objective: To assess the relation of serum leptin and lipid profile in type 2 diabetic nephropathy.
Patients and Method: Serum leptin levels and its relation to lipid profile were estimated in 62 patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy attending the National Diabetes Center in Al- Mustansiriya University, and (26) healthy individuals considered as control group.
The diabetic patients were classified into three groups, (24) pathients with normoalbuminuria (21) patients with microalbuminuria and (17) patients with macroalbuminuria.
Fasting plasma glucose, serum creatinine, Hb A1c %, lipid profile (Total c
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