Baseline characteristics | Urinary NAG | Mean IMT | Maximum IMT | Mean of maximum IMT | ||||
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r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
Demographics | ||||||||
Age (years) | 0.27 | <0.001 | 0.47 | <0.001 | 0.44 | <0.001 | 0.45 | <0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 0.03 | 0.54 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
Waist circumference (cm) | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.001 | 0.17 | 0.002 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 0.03 | 0.59 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.04 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 0.002 | 0.97 | −0.24 | <0.001 | −0.23 | <0.001 | −0.22 | <0.001 |
Duration of diabetes (years) | 0.20 | <0.001 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
Laboratory indices | ||||||||
HbA1C (%) | 0.21 | <0.001 | −0.07 | 0.19 | −0.04 | 0.48 | −0.05 | 0.36 |
Glycated albumin (%) | 0.27 | <0.001 | 0.03 | 0.61 | 0.04 | 0.50 | 0.04 | 0.52 |
Basal glucose (mg/dl) | 0.20 | <0.001 | −0.10 | 0.06 | −0.06 | 0.29 | −0.07 | 0.22 |
Stimulated glucose (mg/dl) | 0.32 | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.70 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.30 |
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 0.03 | 0.56 | −0.04 | 0.43 | −0.02 | 0.71 | −0.03 | 0.58 |
Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 0.04 | 0.50 | −0.04 | 0.42 | −0.02 | 0.77 | −0.03 | 0.54 |
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | −0.14 | 0.01 | −0.16 | 0.002 | −0.15 | 0.01 | −0.16 | 0.002 |
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 0.02 | 0.74 | 0.04 | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.51 | 0.04 | 0.50 |
White blood cell count (103/µl) | 0.03 | 0.70 | 0.04 | 0.64 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.44 |
Uric acid (mg/dl) | −0.12 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
eGFR CKD-EPI (ml/min/1.73 m2) | −0.22 | <0.001 | −0.31 | <0.001 | −0.31 | <0.001 | −0.30 | <0.001 |
Indices of diabetes complications | ||||||||
Urinary NAG (U/g creatinine) | 1 | – | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.05 |
Urinary NAG, quartile | – | – | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.02 |
Urinary ACR (mg/g creatinine) | 0.24 | <0.001 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.16 |
Urinary ACR, quartile | 0.23 | <0.001 | 0.05 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.48 | 0.05 | 0.33 |
Mean carotid IMT (mm) | 0.10 | 0.07 | 1 | – | 0.93 | <0.001 | 0.97 | <0.001 |
Maximum carotid IMT (mm) | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.93 | <0.001 | 1 | – | 0.97 | <0.001 |
Mean of maximum carotid IMT (mm) | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.97 | <0.001 | 0.97 | <0.001 | 1 | – |