Importance of serum phosphate in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus

Table 3 Relation to serum glucose variables in our participants without diabetes mellitus (n = 81)

Variables in model	Beta	t	Sig.	Lower	Upper
Age (yr)	-0.02	-0.17	0.8	-0.28	0.24
Gender (male/female)	-0.03	-0.3	0.7	-7.8	5.6
BMI (kg/m2)	0.4	3.9	0.001	0.5	1.6
Hypertension (yes/no)	0.02	0.2	0.8	-6.5	8.2
Smoking (yes/no)	0.04	0.3	0.7	-8.4	12.09
eGFR value (mL/min/1.73 m2)	- 0.2	- 1.6	0.1	-0.3	0.03
ACR (mg/g)	0.03	0.2	0.7	-0.007	0.01
Calcium (mg/dL)	0.13	1.2	0.2	-2.4	9.7
P (mg/dL)	0.1	0.9	0.3	-2.7	7.7

Dependent variable: serum glucose. DM: Diabetes mellitus; BMI: Body mass index; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate; ACR: Albumin-to-creatinine ratio; P: Phosphate.