3.2 Associations of baseline glucose indices with UACR and eGFR
As shown in Table 2, Pearson’s correlation analysis revealed that
baseline FPG, 2h OGTT, HbA1c, fasting insulin and HOMA-IR were
significantly correlated with follow-up UACR and eGFR. No significant
relation between HOMA-β and UCAR was observed in the correlation
analysis. Multivariate linear regression analysis adjusted for sex and
age indicated that the correlations of the baseline glucose indices,
with the exception of HOMA-β, with UACR persisted (all,
P<0.001). HOMA-IR was most strongly correlated with UACR
(β=0.13, P<0.001) and eGFR (β=-0.05, P=0.0001).