Research Article
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 |
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