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. 2015 Feb 2;16:7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-16-7

Table 2.

The cross-sectional association between B12 (OR per 1SD increase log Vitamin B12) and prevalent albuminuria and RKF at Offspring Examination 6

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
n Events (%) OR CI p-value OR CI p-value OR CI p-value
Entire Cohort
Albuminuria 2965 523 (17.6) 1.25 0.98-1.60 0.07 1.25 0.97-1.61 0.08 1.44 1.10-1.87 0.008
RKF 3451 319 (9.2) 0.99 0.72-1.35 0.94 0.98 0.72-1.35 0.92 1.83 1.30-2.59 <0.001
Stratified analysis: Albuminuria*
Homocysteine < median 1511 228 (15.1) 1.28 0.87-1.88 0.21 1.29 0.87-1.91 0.21 1.27 0.85-1.90 0.24
Homocysteine ≥ median 1454 295 (20.3) 1.45 1.03-2.03 0.03 1.41 0.99-2.01 0.06 1.57 1.10-2.26 0.01
Stratified analysis: RKF*
Homocysteine < median 1722 70 (4.1) 0.90 0.47-1.75 0.76 0.92 0.47-1.78 0.80 1.22 0.62-2.41 0.56
Homocysteine ≥ median 1729 249 (14.4) 1.62 1.10-2.37 0.01 1.57 1.06-2.31 0.02 2.17 1.44-3.26 <0.001

Model 1: Age- and sex- adjusted.

Model 2: Multivariable-adjusted: Albuminuria - systolic blood pressure, HDLc, smoking status, hypertension treatment and diabetes.

RKF: diabetes, hypertension and dipstick proteinuria.

Model 3: Multivariable-adjusted + baseline log homocysteine.

*Stratified by the median homocysteine levels (9.08 μmol/L).

p-value <0.001 for comparison.