ACE and diabetes mellitus: These associations werealso found after adjustment for gender, duration of DM, and use of ACE inhibitordrugs [decrease in the eGFR (B = −5.87; 95%CI −11.59 – −0,16; p = 0.044); andincrease in creatinine levels (B = 0.64; 95%CI 0.15–1.12, p = 0.011)].