PURPOSE We investigated the effects of proteinuria and renal insufficiency on all-cause mortality in patients with colorectal cancer, with special emphasis on cancer staging and cancer-related deaths. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively studied a cohort of patients with colorectal cancer. In protocol 1, patients were classified into four groups based on the operability of cancer and prot...

OBJECTIVE We sought to report the 6-year incidence of proteinuria and associated risk factors in African Americans with type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS African Americans (n = 483) with type 1 diabetes were reexamined in a 6-year follow-up study. Proteinuria and creatinuria were measured in 4-h timed urine specimens obtained at initial and follow-up visits. Other evaluations inclu...

Cardiovascular morbidity and morality is higher in diabetics with proteinuria. The causative factors for such incidence are as yet not known. We studied lipid profiles among non-insulindependent diabetics with proteinuria who otherwise have normal blood urea and serum creatinine concentrations and compared the results with those who did not have proteinuria. Twenty four-hour protein estimations...