Research Article

The Association of Serum hsCRP and Urinary Alpha1-Microglobulin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 4

Multivariate linear regression for effects of serum hsCRP on each urinary protein parameter.

parametersModel 1Model 2Model 3
β (SE)Pβ(SE)Pβ (SE)P

LnUA1MG
 LnhsCRP0.179 (0.030)<0.0010.169 (0.029)<0.0010.122(0.027)<0.001
 hsCRP≤3mg/LRef.Ref.Ref.
 hsCRP>3mg/L0.452 (0.089)<0.0010.419 (0.087)<0.0010.317(0.078)<0.001
LnUACR
 LnhsCRP0.101 (0.057)0.0800.091 (0.057)0.112-0.012(0.052)0.825
 hsCRP≤3mg/LRef.Ref.Ref.
 hsCRP>3mg/L0.207 (0.167)0.2160.175 (0.167)0.294-0.068(0.148)0.649
LnUIGG
 LnhsCRP0.148(0.038)<0.0010.135 (0.038)<0.0010.039(0.033)0.234
 hsCRP≤3mg/LRef.Ref.Ref.
 hsCRP>3mg/L0.428 (0.112)<0.0010.389 (0.110)<0.0010.162(0.094)0.085
LnUTRF
 LnhsCRP0.094 (0.039)0.0160.081 (0.038)0.0340.014(0.035)0.694
 hsCRP≤3mg/LRef.Ref.Ref.
 hsCRP>3mg/L0.251 (0.113)0.0270.212 (0.111)0.0570.036(0.099)0.713

Model 1 univariate analysis
Model 2 adjusted for age and gender
Model 3 adjusted for duration of T2DM, systolic BP, FPG, BUN, TP, ALB, LDL-C, eGFR
hsCRP: hypersensitive C-reactive protein; UA1MG: Urinary alpha1-microglobulin to creatinine ratio; UACR: Urinary microalbumin to creatinine ratio; UIGG: Urinary immunoglobulin G to creatinine ratio; UTRF: Urinary transferrin to creatinine ratio.