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. 2022 Nov 2;60(2):235–245. doi: 10.1007/s00592-022-01985-x

Table 3.

Clinical features of the participants with T2DM based on PNI level

Valuable Higher PNI
(> 50.5, n = 1640)
Lower PNI
(≤ 50.5, n = 1080)
p-value
PNI 55.57 ± 0.16 47.33 ± 0.15  < 0.0001
Age (years) 57.71 ± 0.55 62.71 ± 0.60  < 0.0001
Gender (male, %) 51.34 51.19 0.96
Race 0.07
Mexican American 10.78 9.31
Other hispanic 6.14 5.82
Non-hispanic white 59.23 63.27
Non-hispanic black 12.35 13.94
Non-hispanic asian 7.24 4.24
Other race 4.27 3.41
Smoking (%) 50.5 47.18 0.1
Non-smoker 49.50 52.82
Former smoker 34.27 36.17
Current smoker 16.23 11.01
DII 1.59 ± 0.08 1.79 ± 0.10 0.11
DII < 0 22.47 16.65 0.03
DII > 0 77.53 83.35
Energy intake (kcal/d) 1927.11 ± 35.49 1977.53 ± 47.73 0.35
Protein intake (g/d) 77.83 ± 1.78 75.60 ± 2.16 0.41
DPI (g/kg/d) 0.871 ± 0.017 0.830 ± 0.023 0.16
 < 0.6(g/kg/d) 30.684 35.165 0.272
0.6–0.8 (g/kg/d) 20.049 20.492
0.8–1.0 (g/kg/d) 20.538 15.271
1.0–1.2 (g/kg/d) 10.171 10.854
 ≥ 1.2 (g/kg/d) 18.557 18.219
Hypertension (%) 69.43 73.60 0.1
BMI (kg/m2) 32.59 ± 0.21 34.21 ± 0.49 0.002
BMI category 0.05
Normal (< 25) 9.11 11.91
Overweight (25–30) 28.05 23.28
Obese (≥ 30) 62.83 64.82
DKD (%) 29.34 44.85  < 0.0001
eGFR(ml/min/1.73m2) 86.86 ± 0.83 79.18 ± 1.05  < 0.0001
UACR (mg/g) 62.14 ± 6.94 200.69 ± 27.18  < 0.0001
Serum creatinine (umol/L) 79.38 ± 0.94 90.66 ± 2.42  < 0.0001
BUN (mmol/L) 5.53 ± 0.08 6.27 ± 0.13  < 0.0001
Hyperuricemia (%) 26.63 23.90 0.22
MetS (%) 66.31 59.64 0.03
Triglyceride (mmol/L) 2.41 ± 0.07 1.95 ± 0.06  < 0.0001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 4.87 ± 0.04 4.59 ± 0.05  < 0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L) 1.23 ± 0.02 1.23 ± 0.01 0.75
HbA1c (%) 7.01 ± 0.05 7.17 ± 0.07 0.06
Anemia (%) 7.46 18.58  < 0.0001
Hypoalbuminemia (%) 0.06 8.65  < 0.0001
WBC (109/L) 8.37 ± 0.08 7.20 ± 0.11  < 0.0001
Lymphocyte (109/L) 2.54 ± 0.04 1.67 ± 0.03  < 0.0001
Neutrophils (109/L) 4.90 ± 0.07 4.69 ± 0.09 0.06
NLR 2.07 ± 0.04 3.06 ± 0.07  < 0.0001
RDW (%) 13.86 ± 0.04 14.36 ± 0.07  < 0.0001
Insulin use (%) 13.23 22.54  < 0.001
OHA (%) 67.95 62.13 0.05
Decreased (%) 5.398 12.903  < 0.001

Data is presented as the mean ± standard error (SE) or percentages

PNI, prognostic nutritional index; DII, dietary inflammatory index; DPI, diet protein intake; BMI, body mass index; DKD, diabetic kidney disease; e-GFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; UACR, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; MetS, metabolic syndrome; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin A1c; WBC, white blood cell; NLR, Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio; RDW, red cell distribution width; OHA, Oral hypoglycemic agents