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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Nov;22(11):2319–2325. doi: 10.1002/oby.20870

Table 2.

Crude and adjusted associations with elevated albumin/creatinine ratio

Elevated albumin/creatinine ratio
Crude Adjusted
PR (95% CI) p-value PR (95% CI) p-value
Age at surgery (years) 1.02 (0.84, 1.23) 0.87
Sex
  Female 1.83 (0.81, 4.14) 0.15 2.34 (1.02,5.34) 0.04
  Male <Ref> <Ref>
Race/ethnicity
  NH White <Ref>
  NH Black 1.55 (0.77, 3.09) 0.22
  Hispanic 2.28 (0.89, 5.82) 0.09
  NH Other 1.84 (0.62, 5.51) 0.27
BMI (per 10 units) 1.12 (0.81, 1.54) 0.49
Hypertension
  Yes 1.19 (0.65, 2.19) 0.58
  No <Ref>
Diabetes
  Yes 1.70 (0.80, 3.60) 0.17
  No <Ref>
Dyslipidemia
  Yes 1.19 (0.53, 2.64) 0.68
  No <Ref>
Kidney stones
  Yes 0.74 (0.12, 4.42) 0.74
  No <Ref>
Transferrin (mg/dL) 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) 0.83
Ferritin (µg/L)/per 10units 1.06 (1.02, 1.10) < 0.01 1.07 (1.03,1.10) < 0.01
Serum Albumin (g/L) 0.50 (0.21, 1.20) 0.12
HOMA-IR 1.04 (1.00, 1.07) 0.04
hsCRP (mg/dL) 1.12 (0.99, 1.27) 0.07
HbA1c 1.32 (1.08, 1.61) < 0.01

PR = Prevalence ratio. CI = Confidence interval.

Elevated albumin/ creatinine ratio (ACR): microalbuminuria with ACR ≥ 30 mg/gm and <300 mg/gm and macroalbuminuria with ACR ≥300 mg/gm.