Serum chromogranin A correlated with albuminuria in diabetic patients and is associated with early diabetic nephropathy

Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors independently associated with early DN in patients with T2DM between the normoalbuminuria group and the microalbuminuria group

Variables	P-value	EXP(B)	95% CI
Male	0.252	0.603	0.254–1.434
Age	0.375	0.983	0.946–1.021
Known diabetes duration	0.164	1.039	0.985–1.096
SBP	0.468	1.013	0.978–1.049
DBP	0.538	1.017	0.963–1.074
FBG	0.564	0.971	0.877–1.074
HbA1c	0.519	1.050	0.905–1.219
TC	0.686	0.850	0.386–1.871
TG	0.637	1.052	0.851–1.302
HDL-C	0.315	2.176	0.478–9.917
LDL-C	0.927	0.958	0.385–2.384
sUA	0.816	0.999	0.994–1.004
BUN	0.019	1.299	1.045–1.616
sCr	0.097	1.029	0.995–1.064
CgA	< 0.001	1.403	1.202–1.637

adjusting for age, gender, Known diabetes duration, SBP, DBP, FBG, HbA1c, TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, sUA, BUN, sCr and CgA. (Enter)
Significance level was set at P < 0.05
CI confidence interval, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FBG fasting blood glucose, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, sCr serum creatinine, BUN blood urea nitrogen, sUA serum uric acid, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, CgA Chromogranin A

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