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

SCr, serum creatinine; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; UACR, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio.