RESULTS
Overall 57 patients including 40 with DM-II and 17 age and sex matched healthy controls were included in the study. The median age [55.5 (50-62) vs 55 (48.5-59.5) years, respectively, p=0.48] and gender rates [18 (45%) vs 10 (58.8%) females, respectively, p= 0.34] did not differ between the groups. Inter-rater reliability analysis revealed good agreement for 2D-SWV (ICC 0.66, 95% CI: 0.19-0.88, p=0.006).
Patients with DM-II were further divided into two subgroups according to uACR. Twenty two (55%) of DM-II cases had moderately increased uACR and 18 (45%) had no albuminuria. The age [55.5 (49.5-63) vs 56 (51-60.25) years, respectively, p=0.71] and gender rates [11 (50%) vs 7 (38.9%), females, respectively, p=0.48] were similar between Alb+ and Alb- subgroups.