Influence of sex on hyperfiltration in patients with uncomplicated type 1 diabetes

In conclusion, female T1D-H patients had higher RE and FF and lower ERPF than their male counterparts with no associated sex differences in RA. Prospective intervention studies should consider sex as a modifier of renal hemodynamic responses to renal protective therapies.

Source: AJP: Renal Physiology - April 1, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Skrtic, M., Lytvyn, Y., Bjornstad, P., Reich, H. N., Scholey, J. W., Yip, P., Sochett, E. B., Perkins, B., Cherney, D. Z. I. Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research