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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Diabetes Complications. 2015 Sep 2;29(8):1024–1031. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2015.08.024

Table 3. Association of urine angiotensinogen, gremlin-1, and urine and serum MMP-7 with mortality.

Events Unadjusted IR (per 100 pys) Unadjusted HR (95% CI) Model 1 HR (95% CI) Model 2 HR (95% CI) Model 3 HR (95% CI)
Urine angiotensinogen/creatinine
Tertile 1 16 8.7 1.06 (0.52, 2.17) 0.83 (0.39, 1.76) 1.04 (0.42, 2.58) 1.92 (0.59, 6.29)
Tertile 2 9 5.1 0.62 (0.26, 1.44) 0.53 (0.23, 1.22) 0.51 (0.22, 1.19) 0.6 (0.17, 2.04)
Tertile 3 14 8.4 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Per doubling 0.97 (0.92, 1.02) 0.97 (0.92, 1.03) 0.95 (0.89, 1.01) 0.9 (0.84, 0.96)
p-value 0.19 0.34 0.081 0.0012
Urine gremlin-1/creatinine
Tertile 1 9 5.1 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Tertile 2 15 9.4 1.81 (0.81, 4.02) 2.07 (0.92, 4.65) 1.85 (0.85, 4.05) 1.46 (0.57, 3.76)
Tertile 3 15 8 1.58 (0.68, 3.67) 2.02 (0.87, 4.66) 1.87 (0.83, 4.36) 1.2 (0.46, 3.13)
Per doubling 1.06 (0.94, 1.2) 1.1 (0.97, 1.25) 1.1 (0.96, 1.27) 1 (0.85, 1.18)
p-value 0.32 0.13 0.17 0.99
Urine MMP-7/creatinine
Tertile 1 9 5.3 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Tertile 2 13 6.9 1.35 (0.59, 3.08) 2 (0.89, 4.47) 1.71 (0.71, 4.07) 2.82 (1.04, 7.6)
Tertile 3 17 10.2 1.94 (0.86, 4.34) 3.08 (1.31, 7.22) 2.67 (1.08, 6.55) 3.59 (1.31, 9.85)
Per doubling 1.18 (0.95, 1.46) 1.33 (1.07, 1.66) 1.31 (1.03, 1.67) 1.37 (1.04, 1.81)
p-value 0.13 0.01 0.025 0.025
Serum MMP-7
Tertile 1 12 6.2 Ref Ref Ref Ref
Tertile 2 13 7.1 1.18 (0.54, 2.59) 1.32 (0.61, 2.85) 1.64 (0.76, 3.57) 0.95 (0.4, 2.22)
Tertile 3 15 7.9 1.32 (0.62, 2.81) 1.24 (0.57, 2.69) 1.52 (0.65, 3.55) 0.88 (0.34, 2.33)
Per doubling 1.28 (0.89, 1.85) 1.3 (0.92, 1.84) 1.48 (1.01, 2.17) 1.19 (0.75, 1.89)
p-value 0.19 0.13 0.046 0.46

Tertiles for urine angiotensinogen, gremlin-1, MMP-7 and serum MMP-7 are as described in Table 2. Models 1-3 were adjusted as described in Table 2. HR: hazard ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval. The p-values are for doubling.