Research Article
Thyroid Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Nephropathy: A Single Center Study
Table 3
Correlations between thyroid function and related renal indexes in T2DM patients without and with DN.
| Parameters correlated | T2DM patients without DN | T2DM patients with DN | r value | p value | r value | p value |
| TSH with | (i) SCr | -0.187 | 0.063 | 0.363 | 0.013 | (ii) eGFR | -0.024 | 0.815 | -0.356 | < 0.001 | (iii) UACR | 0.017 | 0.863 | 0.337 | 0.004 |
| FT3 with | (i) SCr | 0.256 | 0.010 | -0.483 | < 0.001 | (ii) eGFR | 0.034 | 0.736 | 0.560 | < 0.001 | (iii) UACR | -0.251 | 0.012 | -0.522 | < 0.001 |
| FT4 with | (i) SCr | 0.155 | 0.125 | -0.407 | < 0.001 | (ii) eGFR | 0.020 | 0.846 | 0.441 | < 0.001 | (iii) UACR | 0.012 | 0.909 | -0.356 | < 0.001 |
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SCr, serum creatinine; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; UACR, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio.
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