“…Triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), serum uric acid, serum Na + and K + , serum phosphate, serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, fasting glucose levels, C-reactive protein, glycosylated hemoglobin and urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (uACR) were assessed by an automatic biochemical analyzer (Hitachi, Tokyo, Japan). Details of these assays were described previously ( 24 , 26 , 27 ). Serum renalase levels were measured by using commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits (Cloud-Clone Corp., Houston, TX, USA).…”