Table 2 Independent correlates of MACs functional properties (logistic regression analysis with stepwise backward variables elimination)

BMI (× 1 kg/m²)

–

–

–

0.949

0.908–0.991

0.019

0.878

0.779–0.990

0.033

HbA1c (× 1%)

0.789

0.678–0.919

0.002

–

–

–

1.683

1.043–2.717

0.033

HDL-cholesterol (× 1 mg/dl)

1.034

1.013–1.055

0.001

1.029

1.005–1.053

0.018

–

–

–

Other variables included in the model, but never selected as significant independent covariates

Sex, age, waist circumference, diabetes duration, fasting glucose, LDL cholesterol, triacylglycerol, systolic and diastolic BP, eGFR, albumin-to-creatinine ratio, smoking habits, treatments with BP-lowering and lipid-lowering agents