Table 3 Trends of albuminuria according to the urinary adiponectin levels in the participants with baseline macroalbuminuria
8 weeks | 16 weeks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Goal | Adiponectin group | Achieved [n (%)] | Not achieved [n (%)] | Achieved [n (%)] | Not achieved [n (%)] |
Albuminuria ≤ 300 mg/day | 1st tertile (n = 34) | 19 (55.9) | 15 (44.1) | 22 (64.7) | 12 (35.3) |
2nd tertile (n = 56) | 20 (35.7) | 36 (64.3) | 28 (50.0) | 28 (50.0) | |
3rd tertile (n = 69) | 11 (15.9) | 58 (84.1) | 19 (27.5) | 50 (72.5) | |