Low Serum Levels of Prealbumin, Retinol Binding Protein, and Retinol Are Frequent in Adult Type 1 Diabetic Patients

Table 2

Univariate logistic regression results to assess association with low PA, RBP, or retinol levels.

	PA		RBP		Retinol
	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Sex
Male	Reference		Reference		Reference
Female	4.00 (1.69–9.49)	0.001	3.65 (1.55–8.59)	0.002	4.5 (1.67–12.10)	0.002
BMI
BMI ≥ 25	Reference		Reference		Reference
BMI <25	2.32 (1.01–5.36)	0.046	2.57 (1.11–5.97)	0.026	2.18 (0.86–5.52)	0.095
Triglycerides (10 mg/dL)	0.89 (0.78–1.03)	0.103	0.86 (0.74–0.99)	0.035	0.73 (0.57–0.92)	0.001
Creatinine (0.1 mg/dL)	0.69 (0.51–0.94)	0.005	0.64 (0.46–0.89)	0.001	0.48 (0.31–0.73)	<0.001

PA: prealbumin, RBP: retinol binding protein.