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Read our Type 1 Diabetes research guide →Researchers believe that when type 1 diabetes damages the kidneys, it may also change how cholesterol — specifically a protective type called HDL — works in the body. This study will compare from about 200 people: some with type 1 diabetes and kidney damage at different stages, some with type 1 diabetes but no kidney damage, and some without diabetes. By studying the composition and function of cholesterol in these groups, researchers hope to better understand how kidney disease and cholesterol problems are connected in type 1 diabetes.
People with type 1 diabetes often develop kidney disease, and scientists suspect that this kidney damage may harm the protective cholesterol that normally helps prevent heart disease. Understanding this connection could lead to better ways to protect the hearts and kidneys of people living with type 1 diabetes.
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If you enroll, you will visit the research center to have blood drawn so scientists can analyze how your cholesterol is working and what it looks like under a microscope. The study will compare your results to other groups to see if kidney disease changes cholesterol in specific ways. There is no medication to take as part of this study — it is purely observational, meaning researchers are watching and measuring, not testing a new treatment.
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