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Table 1 Comparison of characteristics of patients with microalbuminuria and those without

From: Prevalence and associations of microalbuminuria in proteinuria-negative patients with type 2 diabetes in two regional hospitals in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Parameter

Normoalbuminuria

n (%)

Microalbuminuria

n (%)

p value

Sex

  

0.464

 Male, n (%)

47 (88.7)

6 (11.3)

 

 Female, n (%)

92 (84.4)

17 (15.6)

 

Age (years)

55.1 ± 10.5

56.30 ± 8.3

0.302

Known duration of diabetes (years)

6.1 ± 6.4

6.3 ± 5.2

0.458

BMI (kg/m2)

29.8 ± 0.5

27.6 ± 0.8

0.046*

SBP (mmHg)

142.2 ± 21.1

151.8 ± 28.4

0.032*

DBP (mmHg)

89.0 ± 19.6

97.2 ± 18.5

0.032*

Fasting capillary glucose (mg/dL)

151.1 ± 4.3

156.0 ± 12.7

0.676

HDLc (mg/dL)

76.5 ± 2.7

76.9 ± 5.4

0.478

LDLc (mg/dL)

75.2 ± 40.2

69.63 ± 39.6

0.538

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

123.9 ± 5.9

133.8 ± 10.8

0.257

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

173.9 ± 4.2

167.54 ± 9.7

0.569

Serum creatinine (mg/dL)

0.9 ± 0.03

1.6 ± 0.1

<0.001*

eGFR (mL/min/1.7 m2)

101.3 ± 3.9

46.5 ± 2.3

<0.001*

  1. BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, HDLc high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDLc low density lipoprotein cholesterol, SPB systolic blood pressure
  2. * Statistically significant (p value <0.05)