The Relationship between Perirenal Fat Thickness and Reduced Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1

Characteristics of the overall study population and of the population divided into three groups based on PrFT.

	Total	PrFT1 (<0.6 cm)	PrFT2 (0.6-1.33 cm)	PrFT3 (≥1.33 cm)
Sex (men/women)	81/90	12/32	42/44	27/14	0.002
Age (year)					0.625
Diabetes duration (year)	10 (3­15)	12 (3.25­16.75)	8 (3­13)	12 (3­20)^#	0.034
BMI (kg/m^2)				^#	<0.001
WC (cm)				^#	<0.001
FPG (mmol/l)					0.519
UA (μmol/l)				^#	0.008
TG (mmol/l)	1.44 (1.05­2.04)	1.15 (0.84­1.77)	1.44 (1.20­2.06)	1.75 (1.24­2.85)	0.004
TC (mmol/l)					0.133
HDL-c (mmol/l)					<0.001
LDL-c (mmol/l)					0.306
HbA1c (%)					0.051
VFA (cm^2)				^##	<0.001
PnFT (cm)				^##	<0.001
PrFT (cm)				^##	<0.001
UACR (mg/g)	9.18 (3.91­41.94)	9.59 (3.80­26.42)	8.58 (3.39­41.23)	9.29 (4.83­67.28)	0.663
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m^2)					0.026

BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; FPG: fast plasma glucose; UA: uric acid; TG: triglyceride; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; VFA: visceral fat area; PnFT: paranephric fat thickness; PrFT: perirenal fat thickness; UACR: urinary albumin creatinine ratio; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate. PrFT1 vs. PrFT2: , . PrFT1 vs. PrFT3: , . PrFT2 vs. PrFT3: ^#, ^##.