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. 2022 Sep 30;13:53. doi: 10.1186/s13293-022-00462-y

Table 2.

Relative odds of diabetes according to uACR in different models among US adults

uACR, mg/g Events (%) Diabetes OR (95% CI), P value
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
All participants
 Continuous (Lg uACR) 818 (15.41%) 3.89 (3.36, 4.50), < 0.001 1.90 (1.47, 2.46), < 0.001 1.81 (1.39, 2.34), < 0.001
 Tertile 1 (< 5) 119 (6.73%) Reference Reference Reference
 Tertile 2 (5–10) 221 (12.49%) 1.98 (1.57, 2.50), < 0.001 1.36 (0.97, 1.91), 0.079 1.37 (0.97, 1.94) 0.077
 Tertile 3 (≥ 10) 478 (27.02%) 5.13 (4.15, 6.36), < 0.001 1.86 (1.33, 2.59), < 0.001 1.82 (1.29, 2.56), < 0.001
 P for trend < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Male
 Continuous (Lg uACR) 484 (17.06%) 4.75 (3.91, 5.76), < 0.001 2.43 (1.72, 3.42), < 0.001 2.26 (1.59, 3.21), < 0.001
 Tertile 1 (< 4) 62 (6.55%) Reference Reference Reference
 Tertile 2 (4–8) 116 (12.28%) 2.00 (1.45, 2.75), < 0.001 1.10 (0.68, 1.79), 0.693 1.11 (0.67, 1.81) 0.691
 Tertile 3 (≥ 8) 306 (32.35%) 6.82 (5.09, 9.12), < 0.001 1.95 (1.22, 3.10), 0.005 1.94 (1.20, 3.13) 0.007
 P for trend < 0.001 0.002 0.003
Female
 Continuous (Lg uACR) 334 (13.52%) 2.99 (2.36, 3.78), < 0.001 1.23 (0.79, 1.90), 0.359 1.28 (0.82, 2.01), 0.278
 Tertile 1 (< 6) 66 (8.02%) Reference Reference Reference
 Tertile 2 (6–11) 93 (11.30%) 1.46 (1.05, 2.04), 0.025 0.95 (0.59, 1.53), 0.843 0.96 (0.59, 1.57), 0.881
 Tertile 3 (≥ 11) 175 (21.24%) 3.09 (2.29, 4.18), < 0.001 1.07 (0.67, 1.70), 0.784 1.11 (0.68, 1.80), 0.678
 P for trend < 0.001 0.751 0.644
 P value for interaction* 0.003 0.014 0.049

Values are ORs (95% CIs) unless otherwise indicated. uACR, albumin-to-creatinine ratio. uACR value was log10-transformed

Model 1 was adjusted for none

Model 2 was adjusted for age, sex (only for overall population), race, poverty income ratio, BMI, SBP, DBP, current smoking, alcohol intake, FPG, TG, TC, HDL, LDL

Model 3 was adjusted for age, sex (only for overall population), race, poverty income ratio, BMI, SBP, DBP, hypertension, current smoking, alcohol intake, FPG, TG, TC, HDL, LDL, eGFR, antihypertensive drugs, lipoprotein-lowering drugs

*P value for interaction test: two-way interaction of sex and LguACR (continuous) on diabetes