Table 5.

Linear regression analysis of albuminuria (ln AER) with respect to potential covariates

	Type 2 diabetes
	Univariate analysis			Adjusted analysis*
Covariates	β	95% CI	p-value	β	95% CI	p-value
Diabetes duration (yrs)	0.117	0.076, 0.159	0.000	0.090	0.049, 0.131	0.000
Age at inclusion (yrs)	0.003	-0.019, 0.025	ns
Gender-Male	-0.283	-0.777, 0.211	ns
BMI (kg/m2)	-0.043	-0.095, 0.010	ns
HbA1c %	0.065	0.035, 0.164	ns
SBP (mmHg)	0.019	0.010, 0–029	0.000	0.012	0.003, 0–021	0.010
DBP (mmHg)	0.023	0.006, 0.039	ns
S. creatinine (mmol/l)	0.021	0.012, 0.030	0.000	0.011	0.002, 0.020	0.016
S. cholesterol (mmol/l)	0.048	-0.149, 0.245	ns

* Results from forward/backwards stepwise selection Predictors in the model, diabetes duration, SBP, age, serum creatinine