Serum Adipocyte Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 4 Levels Are Independently Associated with Radioisotope Glomerular Filtration Rate in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Early Diabetic Nephropathy

Table 3

Correlation analysis for Lg FABP in T2DM patients.

	Lg FABP4^†
			r^§	P^§
Sex	0.286	<0.0001
Age (years)	0.195	0.015
Diabetes duration (years)	0.095	0.249
BMI (kg/m^2)	0.272	0.001
WC (cm)	0.292	<0.0001
SBP (mmHg)	0.190	0.023
HbA1c (%)^†	0.068	0.427	0.205	0.022
TC (mmol/L)	0.004	0.961	−0.138	0.133
TG (mmol/L)	0.140	0.086	0.081	0.355
HDL (mmol/L)	0.092	0.260	0.132	0.129
LDL (mmol/L)	−0.028	0.734	0.019	0.830
RBP4 (mg/L)	0.082	0.337	0.001	0.987
rGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	−0.350	<0.0001	−0.349	<0.0001
hsCRP (mg/L)^†	0.148	0.083	0.166	0.162
UACR (μg/mg)	0.057	0.481	0.067	0.435
Cys-C/Cr (μg/mg)^†	0.009	0.915	0.042	0.633
NGAL/Cr (μg/mg)^†	0.134	0.097	0.082	0.340

-transformed variables; Pearson correlation analysis for normally distributed variables; Spearman correlation analysis for non-normally distributed variables; ^§adjustment for sex, age, BMI, WC, and SBP used partial correlation analysis. FABP4, fatty acid-binding protein 4; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; SBP: systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; RBP4, retinal-binding protein 4; rGFR, radioisotope glomerular filtration rate; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; UACR, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio; Cys-C/Cr, cystatin C-to-creatinine ratio; NGAL/Cr, neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin-to-creatinine ratio.