Table 2.

Correlation of Demographic, Clinical, Biochemical and Urinary Markers with eGFR and ACR in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

	eGFR		ACR
	r	p	r	p
Age, years	−0.088	0.236	0.078	0.295
Sex, male	−0.166	0.024	−0.049	0.506
BMI, kg/m2	−0.174	0.019	0.029	0.696
Duration of diabetes, years	−0.097	0.190	0.168	0.023
SBP, mmHg	−0.308	<0.001	0.339	<0.001
DBP, mmHg	−0.003	0.966	0.005	0.948
FBG, mg/dL	−0.098	0.192	0.334	<0.001
HbA1c, %	−0.071	0.337	0.275	<0.001
ACR, mg/g	−0.616	<0.001	–	–
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2	–	–	−0.616	<0.001
Total protein/Cr, mg/g	−0.504	<0.001	0.779	<0.001
Transferrin/Cr, µg/g	−0.408	<0.001	0.679	<0.001
RBP/Cr, µg/g	−0.348	<0.001	0.492	<0.001
NGAL/Cr µg/g	−0.328	<0.001	0.392	<0.001
KIM-1/Cr, µg/g	−0.198	0.007	0.012	0.867
MCP-1/Cr, µg/g	−0.281	<0.001	0.394	<0.001

Note: p < 0.05 was considered significant.

Abbreviations: eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; ACR, albumin-to-creatinine ratio; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; total protein/Cr, total protein-to-creatinine ratio; transferrin/Cr, transferrin-to-creatinine ratio; RBP/Cr, retinol-binding protein-to-creatinine ratio; NGAL/Cr, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin-to-creatinine ratio; KIM-1/Cr, kidney injury molecule 1-to-creatinine ratio; MCP-1/Cr, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1-to-creatinine ratio; r, coefficients of correlation.