Relationship between serum bilirubin concentrations and diabetic nephropathy in Shanghai Han’s patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Table 2 Correlations of 24 h urinary microalbumin with bilirubin concentrations and other characteristics in subjects with T1DM

	24 h urinary microalbumin (unadjusted)
	r	P-value
Age	0.07	0.24
Duration of diabetes	0.18	<0.001^**
BMI	0.18	<0.001^**
SBP	0.30	<0.001^**
DBP	0.08	0.23
WHR	0.30	<0.001^**
FPG	0.06	0.33
2hPG	− 0.10	0.13
HbA1c	0.02	0.72
GA	− 0.05	0.45
CRP	0.19	<0.001^**
Uric acid	0.23	<0.001^**
Cr	0.20	<0.001^**
Fasting C peptide	0.01	0.92
30-min postprandial venous C peptide	− 0.02	0.80
120-min postprandial venous C peptide	− 0.02	0.74
TC	− 0.01	0.98
TG	0.24	<0.001^**
HDL-C	− 0.16	0.01^*
LDL-C	− 0.01	0.88
Albumin	− 0.07	0.27
Haemoglobin	− 0.03	0.65
Total bilirubin	− 0.13	0.03^*
Total GFR	− 0.20	<0.001^**

Abbreviations: T1DM type 1 diabetes mellitus, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, FPG fasting plasma glucose, 2hPG 2 h postprandial glucose, HbA1c glycated haemoglobin A1c, GA glycated albumin, Cr creatinine, CRP C-reactive protein, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, GFR glomerular filtration rate
^* P < 0.05, ^** P < 0.01

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