The Level of Serum Albumin Is Associated with Renal Prognosis in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy

Table 2

Correlations between the albumin level and histopathological and clinical findings.

	Variables	Correlation coefficient ()	value
Albumin	Glomerular class	-0.394	<0.001
	IFTA	-0.269	<0.001
	Interstitial inflammation	-0.378	<0.001
	Arteriolar hyalinosis	-0.219	0.003
	Log e-GFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	0.334	<0.001^a
	Log proteinuria (g/d)	-0.661	<0.001^b
	Hemoglobin (g/L)	0.325	<0.001^b
	Uric acid (mmol/L)	0.331	<0.001^b
	Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	-0.424	<0.001^b

IFTA: interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy. Spearman’s correlation analysis. A two-tailed was considered statistically significant. ^aPartial correlation analysis for adjusting the baseline age and gender. ^bPartial correlation analysis for adjusting the baseline age, gender, and log e-GFR.