Table 2.

Correlation between injection frequency and renal profiles.

	IVI numbers in 1st year	IVI numbers in 2nd year	IVI numbers within 2 years
Serum Creatinine (mg/dl)	− 0.05(-0.20 to 0.10), P = 0.524	− 0.23(− 0.39 to − 0.04), P = 0.013	− 0.16(− 0.33 to 0.02), P = 0.081
eGFR	0.09 (− 0.06 to 0.24), P = 0.239	0.289 (0.11 to 0.44), P = 0.001	0.23 (0.044 to 0.39), P = 0.015
Serum Albumin (g/dl)	0.14 (− 0.16 to 0.41), P = 0.378	0.15 (− 0.32 to 0.35), P = 0.933	0.02 (− 0.31 to 0.35), P = 0.903
Urine Albumin/Creatinine Ratio (UACR)	− 0.09(− 0.29 to 0.13), P = 0.438	− 0.13(− 0.37 to 0.13), P = 0.340	− 0.13(− 0.37 to 0.13), P = 0.343
Baseline HbA1C (%)	0.008 (− 0.15 to 0.17), P = 0.9216	0.28 (0.087 to 0.45), P = 0.0050	0.22 (0.018 to 0.39), P = 0.0328

eGFR estimated Glomerular filtration rate; HbA1c hemoglobin A1c.

Spearman’s correlation (coefficient of rank correlation (rho), 95% Confidence Interval for rho, Significance level p < .05).

Significant values are in [bold].