Table 2.
Correlations between urine clusterin and other clinical variables
| Variable | Urine Clusterin/Cr* | |
|---|---|---|
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| ||
| r | P value | |
| Age | 0.038 | 0.616 |
| BMI | −0.062 | 0.421 |
| Systolic BP | 0.169 | 0.024 |
| Diastolic BP | 0.160 | 0.032 |
| HbA1c | 0.129 | 0.106 |
| Total cholesterol | −0.075 | 0.324 |
| LDL cholesterol | 0.237 | 0.002 |
| Triglyceride* | 0.062 | 0.416 |
| HDL cholesterol | 0.057 | 0.448 |
| CRP* | 0.065 | 0.410 |
| Uric acid | −0.026 | 0.735 |
| eGFR | 0.078 | 0.300 |
| Urine ACR* | 0.369 | <0.001 |
| Urine PCR* | 0.398 | <0.001 |
| Urine NAPCR* | 0.403 | <0.001 |
ACR, albumin-to-creatine; BMI, body mass index; Cr, creatinine; CRP, C-reactive protein; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; NAPCR, nonalbumin protein-to-creatinine ratio; PCR, protein-to-creatinine ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure.
*
logarithm-transformed values were used for comparison.