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. 2016 Mar 23;49(2):108–117. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.15.062

Table 3.

Association between smoking behavior after diagnosis of diabetes and presence of diabetic nephropathy among patients with diabetes

Variables Total Diabetic nephropathy1 Unadjusted Adjusted2
Age (10 y) 629 213 (33.9) 1.60 (1.34, 1.91) 1.62 (1.31, 2.02)
Duration of diabetes (10 y) 1.38 (1.14, 1.67) 1.13 (0.91, 1.41)
Hemoglobin A1c (%) 1.16 (1.04, 1.30) 1.21 (1.07, 1.38)
Body mass index (kg/m2) 1.00 (0.95, 1.06) 1.03 (0.97, 1.10)
Systolic blood pressure (10 mmHg) 1.25 (1.14, 1.38) 1.22 (1.10, 1.35)
Medication for hypertension
 No 321 84 (26.2) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Yes 308 129 (41.9) 2.03 (1.45, 2.85) 1.40 (0.95, 2.06)
Dyslipidemia3
 No 362 117 (32.3) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Yes 267 96 (36.0) 1.18 (0.84, 1.64) 1.05 (0.72, 1.53)
Smoking behavior
 Never smoked 90 23 (25.6) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Smoked only before diagnosis of diabetes 225 69 (30.7) 1.29 (0.74, 2.24) 1.23 (0.68, 2.21)
 Ever smoked after diagnosis of diabetes 314 121 (38.5) 1.83 (1.08, 3.09) 2.12 (1.20, 3.73)

Values are presented as number (%) or odds ratio (95% confidence interval).

1

Diabetic nephropathy is defined as spot urine albumin/creatinine ratio ≥30 mg/g or estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2.

2

Adjusted for other variables in the table (age, duration of diabetes, hemoglobin A1c, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, medication for hypertension, dyslipidemia, and smoking behavior).

3

Dyslipidemia includes total cholesterol ≥200 mg/dL, or triglyceride ≥150 mg/dL, or taking medication for dyslipidemia.