Microalbuminuria Reduction With Valsartan in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Blood Pressure–Independent Effect | Semantic Scholar
@article{Viberti2002MicroalbuminuriaRW,
title={Microalbuminuria Reduction With Valsartan in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Blood Pressure–Independent Effect},
author={Giancarlo Viberti and Nigel M. Wheeldon},
journal={Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association},
year={2002},
volume={106},
pages={672-678},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:5887738}
}For the same level of attained BP and the same degree of BP reduction, valsartan lowered UAER more effectively than amlodipine in patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria, including the subgroup with baseline normotension, which indicates a BP-independent antiproteinuric effect of vALSartan.