2.2. Data Collection
urine occult blood, chronic disease, diabetes
PRIMARY HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS, CHRONIC DISEASE, DYSLIPIDEMIA
We collected patients' demographics, medical history, laboratory results, and renal histopathological results through the medical record system. The data on age, sex, body mass index (BMI), diabetes duration, diabetic complications, other chronic disease histories—such as primary hypertension and dyslipidemia, hemoglobin concentration, urine occult blood, serum creatinine, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), triglycerides, total cholesterol, urinary microalbumin (MA), albumin creatinine ratio (ACR), 24-hour urinary total protein quantification (24 h UTP), light microscopy, direct immunofluorescence, electron microscopy, etc. are shown in 