Research Article
Diagnostic Accuracy of Serum Cystatin C for Early Recognition of Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Table 3
Correlation of serum cystatin C with other parameters in T2DM cases.
| Variables | Correlation coefficient | value |
| Age (years) | 0.323 | 0.022 | Weight (kg) | −0.013 | 0.929 | BMI (kg/m2) | −0.034 | 0.814 | W : H ratio | 0.211 | 0.141 | Pulse | −0.059 | 0.682 | SBP (mm of Hg) | 0.261 | 0.067 | DBP (mm of Hg) | 0.162 | 0.261 | Duration of DM (years) | 0.326 | 0.021 | Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl) | 0.064 | 0.660 | Postprandial (mg/dl) | 0.087 | 0.547 | HbA1c (%) | 0.013 | 0.928 | Triglycerides (mg/dl) | −0.020 | 0.892 | Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 0.080 | 0.579 | HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 0.124 | 0.390 | Serum creatinine (mg/dl) | 0.211 | 0.141 | UACR | 0.528 | <0.001 | eGFRCG (creatinine) | −0.166 | 0.249 | eGFRMDRD (creatinine) | −0.135 | 0.349 | eGFRCKD-EPI (creatinine) | −0.251 | 0.078 | eGFRCKD-EPI (cystatin C) | −0.925 | <0.001 |
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Pearson and Spearman correlation analysis was performed.
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