Research Article

Assessment of Vitamin D-Binding Protein and Early Prediction of Nephropathy in Type 2 Saudi Diabetic Patients

Table 4

Univariate logistic regression analysis.

VariablesUnivariate analysis
BOR(95% CI)

Duration of DM (year)−0.0130.987(0.947–1.029)0.544
Fasting blood sugar0.0391.040(0.939–1.151)0.453
Fasting insulin0.0121.012(0.901–1.136)0.845
sVDBP0.0271.028(1.003–1.053)0.026
uVDBP/uCr0.0101.010(1.004–1.016)0.002
Total cholesterol−1.7030.182(0.030–1.100)0.063
Serum creatinine0.0811.084(0.976–1.203)0.131

sVDBP: serum vitamin D-binding protein; uVDBP/uCr: urinary vitamin D-binding protein/urinary creatinine; B: β regression coefficient; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Bold values indicate significance at .