Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Is Complementary to Albuminuria in Diagnosis of Early-Stage Diabetic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes

Table 3

Multiple linear regression to predict uNCR > 39.64 µg/g in patients with T2DM.

Dependent variables	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	value
Women	7.98 (1.90–33.3)	0.004
Triglycerides, per 1 mmol/l	1.26 (0.73–2.16)	0.4
Total cholesterol, per 1 mmol/l	1.83 (1.15–2.91)	0.009
uACR, per 1 mg/g	1.03 (1.004–1.05)	0.022

T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; uACR, urine albumin/creatinine ratio; uNCR, urine NGAL/creatinine ratio.