Clinical characteristics of 798 examined members from 66 families from the Joslin Study of Genetics of Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Family Collection.

Baseline clinical characteristics are presented as mean values ± standard deviation.HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin. ESRD, end-stage renal disease.*ESRD patients were assigned ACR values of 3500 µg/mg.†High microalbuminuria was defined as an ACR between 100 and 300 µg/mg.‡ESRD status was updated for members of this collection through the United States Renal Data System as of August 2008.