%0 Journal Article %T The renal tubular damage marker urinary N-acetyl-¦Â-d-glucosaminidase may be more closely associated with early detection of atherosclerosis than the glomerular damage marker albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes %A Bong-Soo Cha %A Byung-Wan Lee %A Eun Seok Kang %A Sang-Guk Lee %A So Ra Kim %A Yong-ho Lee %J Archive of "Cardiovascular Diabetology". %D 2017 %R 10.1186/s12933-017-0497-7 %X To determine the association between urinary N-acetyl-¦Â-d-glucosaminidase (NAG), a marker of renal tubulopathy, and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaques in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and to compare the predictive value of NAG versus albuminuria, a marker of renal glomerulopathy %K N-acetyl-¦Â-d glucosaminidase %K Carotid intima-media thickness %K Carotid plaque %K Type 2 diabetes mellitus %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267389/