Table 2. Correlation between serum irisin, glycemic indices, and renal function in diabetic patients .
| Irisin | Age | sUA | sCr | eGFR | GFR | FBS | HbA 1c | HTN | BMI | |
| Irisin | 0.19a | 0.01 | -0.01 | -0.14 | 0.01 | -0.18b | -0.09 | -0.07 | -0.25a | |
| Age | 0.1 | 0.23a | -0.66a | -0.4a | -0.07 | -0.09 | -0.13 | -0.18 | ||
| sUA | 0.44a | -0.14 | -0.37a | -0.16 | -0.27a | 0.11 | 0.24a | |||
| Cr | -0.46a | -0.74a | -0.07 | -0.01 | -0.07 | 0.03 | ||||
| GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 0.72a | 0.05 | -0.08 | 0.19 | 0.54a | |||||
| GFR (MDRD) (cc/min) | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.29a | 0.05 | ||||||
| FBS | 0.55a | 0.16 | -0.1 | |||||||
| HbA1c | 0.16 | -0.18 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; FBS, fasting blood sugar; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin; sUA, serum uric acid; sCr, serum creatinine.
eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HTN, hypertension; MDRD, Modification of Diet in Renal Disease.
a P < 0.05 is significant; b is marginally significant.