Effects of Metformin on Renal Function, Cardiac Function, and Inflammatory Response in Diabetic Nephropathy and Its Protective Mechanism

Table 1

Patients’ characteristic profile ().

Index	Experimental group ()	Control group ()
Average age (years)			1.441	0.531
Average disease duration (years)			2.475	0.634
Urine albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR, mg/g)			5.245	0.548
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)			3.564	0.685
HbA1c (%)			2.475	0.365
Triglycerides (TG, mmol/L)			1.454	0.254
Total cholesterol (TC, mmol/L)			3.457	0.541
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C, mmol/L)			5.456	0.477
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C, mmol/L)			1.045	0.698
Serum uric acid (mmol/L)			3.745	0.371
AST (U/L)			2.475	0.654
ALT (U/L)			2.315	0.638
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR [ml^−1 min^−11 (1.73 m^2)^−11])			1.457	0.638