Our differing finding of increased susceptibility to diabetes‐induced albumin excretion and glomerulosclerosis is likely associated with the length of time the LPD mice were exposed to hyperglycemia (18 weeks in the current study vs 8 weeks in the Lim et al. (2011) study) given our study identified mild albuminuria only at 10+ weeks in diabetic LPD mice and 14+ weeks in diabetic NPD mice. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis.