Diagnostic Accuracy of Serum Cystatin C for Early Recognition of Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

Correlation of serum cystatin C with other parameters in T2DM cases.

Variables	Correlation coefficient	value
Age (years)	0.323	0.022
Weight (kg)	−0.013	0.929
BMI (kg/m^2)	−0.034	0.814
W : H ratio	0.211	0.141
Pulse	−0.059	0.682
SBP (mm of Hg)	0.261	0.067
DBP (mm of Hg)	0.162	0.261
Duration of DM (years)	0.326	0.021
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)	0.064	0.660
Postprandial (mg/dl)	0.087	0.547
HbA1c (%)	0.013	0.928
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	−0.020	0.892
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	0.080	0.579
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	0.124	0.390
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	0.211	0.141
UACR	0.528	<0.001
eGFRCG (creatinine)	−0.166	0.249
eGFRMDRD (creatinine)	−0.135	0.349
eGFRCKD-EPI (creatinine)	−0.251	0.078
eGFRCKD-EPI (cystatin C)	−0.925	<0.001

Pearson and Spearman correlation analysis was performed.