Research Article
Elevated Urinary Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Diabetic Nephropathy Is Caused by Local Production and Tubular Dysfunction
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Association of urinary CTGF with various damage markers in diabetic patients.
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Model I: univariate (Spearman’s ρ); model II includes age, sex, eGFR, duration of diabetes, BMI, HbA1c, plasma CTGF, and individual urinary marker; model III includes age, sex, eGFR, duration of diabetes, BMI, HbA1c, plasma CTGF, IgG4, PTR -score, PTI -score, and H-FABP; model IV includes age, sex, eGFR, duration of diabetes, BMI, HbA1c, plasma CTGF, IgG4, PT -score, and H-FABP. Standard varies from 0.175 to 0.256 and P value from <0.001 to 0.009, depending on the urinary marker included in the model. |