Renal Protective Effect of DPP-4 Inhibitors in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Cohort Study

Table 3

Multiple linear regression analysis for predictors of change of UACR.

	β	p value
Age	−0.002	0.78
Sex (male)	0.263	0.06
Duration of diabetes	0.010	0.18
BMI	0.003	0.77
Systolic blood pressure	0.006	0.12
ΔHbA1c	0.035	0.36
ΔLDL-cholesterol	0.001	0.63
eGFR	0.001	0.98

BMI: body mass index; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; LDL: low-density lipoprotein.