Why the study?
Does antihypertensive treatment prevent structural renal changes in microalbuminuric type 1 diabetic patients?
Population
21 microalbuminuric type 1 diabetic patients with diabetes duration of 6-16 years
Comparison
Antihypertensive treatment with either… vs Reference group without antihypertensive…
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Antihypertensives may arrest renal interstitial expansion in microalbuminuric type 1 diabetes; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
Does antihypertensive treatment prevent structural renal changes in microalbuminuric type 1 diabetic patients?
Antihypertensive treatment with ACE inhibitors or beta-blockers arrests the progressive increase in renal interstitial volume fraction in early microalbuminuric type 1 diabetic patients.
Østerby et al. (2000) studied this question.