Table 2.

Associations between log CTGF N fragment levels and clinical parameters

Variables	Effect	95% Confidence interval		P
		Lower	Upper
Plasma
Age (yr)	0.0129	0.007	0.0188	0.0001
Weight (kg)	0.001	−0.0015	0.0035	0.4533
BMI (kg/m2)	0.0034	−0.0068	0.0136	0.5145
Waist-hip ratio	0.3557	−0.1325	0.8439	0.1513
Duration of diabetes (yr)	0.0124	−0.0038	0.021	0.0047
HbA1c (%)	−0.017	−0.048	0.014	0.2826
DCCT group	0.1031	0.0208	0.1853	0.0141
SBP (mm Hg)	0.0039	0.001	0.0069	0.0091
DBP (mm Hg)	0.0005	−0.004	0.0049	0.8393
Log AER (mg/24 h)	0.0779	0.0481	0.1077	0
LDL	0.0016	0.0002	0.0029	0.027
Total Cholesterol	0.0016	0.0004	0.0028	0.0079
Triglycerides	0.0006	0	0.0013	0.0672
HDL	0	−0.0028	0.0029	0.9851
Internal carotid IMT	0.2767	0.0811	0.4723	0.0056
Common carotid IMT	1.1659	0.6744	1.6573	0
Gender % (male)	−0.0374	−0.1203	0.2704	0.3765
Urine
Age	−0.0044	−0.0113	0.0026	0.2166
Weight (kg)	0.0037	0.0008	0.0067	0.0129
BMI (kg/m2)	0.005	−0.0066	0.0167	0.3968
Waist-hip ratio	1.0875	0.5222	1.6527	0.0002
Duration of diabetes (yr)	−0.0075	−0.0175	0.0024	0.1392
HbA1c (%)	0.0061	−0.0296	0.0417	0.7378
DCCT group	0.042	−0.0538	0.1379	0.3899
SBP (mm Hg)	0.0065	0.003	0.0099	0.0002
DBP (mm Hg)	0.0107	0.0056	0.0158	0.0001
Log AER (mg/24 h)	0.0033	−0.0316	0.0382	0.8527
LDL	−0.0004	−0.0019	0.0012	0.6586
Total cholesterol	−0.0004	−0.0018	0.001	0.5923
Triglycerides	0.0003	−0.0005	0.0011	0.4188
HDL	−0.0015	−0.0048	0.0018	0.3714
Internal carotid IMT	0.1427	−0.0836	0.369	0.4146
Common carotid IMT	0.2333	−0.3395	0.806	0.4243
Gender (male)	−0.2091	−0.3045	−0.1137	0.0001

HDL, High-density lipoprotein.