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

Table 3 Multiple stepwise regression analysis showing the variables independently associated with 24 h urinary microalbumin

Independent variable	Standardised β	t	P-value
Cr	0.45	8.34	<0.001^**
Total bilirubin	−0.19	−3.65	<0.001^**
SBP	0.15	2.85	0.005^**

The original model included the duration of diabetes, BMI, SBP, WHR, Cr, uric acid, CRP, TG, total bilirubin, GFR
Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, Cr creatinine, CRP C-reactive protein, TG triglycerides, GFR glomerular filtration rate
^** P < 0.01

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