Clinical Utility of Urinary β2-Microglobulin in Detection of Early Nephropathy in African Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Table 3

Correlation of β2m with selected parameters in subjects and controls.

	Total ()		Subjects ()		Controls ()
	Rho		Rho		Rho
Age	0.04	0.59	0.08	0.41	−0.03	0.80
Urinary albumin concentration	0.38	<0.001	0.34	0.004	0.28	0.004
	−0.19	0.01	−0.31	0.002	−0.02	0.84
Serum creatinine	0.43	<0.001	0.45	<0.001	0.37	0.001
Serum urea	0.14	0.04	0.13	0.18	0.11	0.28
Serum uric acid	0.16	0.02	0.17	0.08	0.04	0.71
Total cholesterol	0.32	<0.001	0.33	0.001	0.14	0.15
Triglycerides	0.21	0.002	0.22	0.02	0.007	0.94
LDL-cholesterol	0.30	0.002	0.21	0.17	−0.06	0.64
HDL-cholesterol	−0.03	0.71	−0.12	0.21	0.04	0.71
Glycated hemoglobin	0.22	0.002	0.15	0.12	0.06	0.55