Case Control Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2021.
World J Diabetes. Jan 15, 2021; 12(1): 47-55
Published online Jan 15, 2021. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v12.i1.47
Table 1 Clinical and metabolic characteristics of the four groups

Normal healthy group
Normal albuminuria group
Microalbuminuria group
Macroalbuminuria group
n24242524
Sex (M/F)7/1711/1311/1415/9
Age (years)51 ± 354 ± 157 ± 259 ± 2
Diabetes duration (yr)-5.19 ± 1.33a9.23 ± 1.38a12.83 ± 1.39a,b
BMI (kg/m2)23.80 ± 0.7025.21 ± 0.6725.52 ± 0.9126.10 ± 0.72a
SBP (mmHg)111.90 ± 3.12134.5 ± 4.26a143.5 ± 4.86a156.1 ± 2.64a,b,c
DBP (mmHg)70.92 ± 1.8385.92 ± 2.11a84.80 ± 3.05a87.50 ± 2.52a
FPG (mmoL/L)4.83 ± 0.099.98 ± 0.56a10.10 ± 0.72a9.69 ± 0.86a
HbA1c (%)5.68 ± 0.058.90 ± 0.38a8.66 ± 0.36a8.46 ± 0.34a
FCP (ng/mL)1.68 ± 0.141.84 ± 0.171.88 ± 0.221.99 ± 0.28
FINS (uIU/mL)7.84 ± 0.889.67 ± 1.718.21 ± 1.3415.93 ± 5.48
HOMA-IR1.40 (0.95, 2.38)2.91 (1.87, 5.88)3.84 (1.22, 5.12)2.47 (0.66, 8.01)
TG (mmoL/L)0.73 (0.42, 1.33)1.69 (0.87, 2.67)1.85 (1.07, 2.29)a2.10 (1.31, 5.07)a
TC (mmoL/L)4.67 ± 0.185.03 ± 0.214.62 ± 0.306.18 ± 0.40a,b,c
LDL(mmoL/L)2.73 ± 0.162.85 ± 0.182.73 ± 0.193.43 ± 0.28
HDL(mmoL/L)1.47 ± 0.061.31 ± 0.091.10 ± 0.07a1.12 ± 0.09a
SCr (umoL/L)58.43 ± 1.7158.79 ± 2.4076.56 ± 5.93a,b106.3 ± 8.53a,b,c
BUN (mmoL/L)4.45 ± 1.714.87 ± 0.256.46 ± 0.55a,b8.28 ± 0.57a,b,c
UA (mmoL/L)257.0 ± 14.30270.1 ± 16.08337.8 ± 21.93a367.7 ± 19.00a,b
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)126.2 ± 5.34128.2 ± 5.77105.2 ± 7.17a,b75.14 ± 7.50a,b,c
UACR (mg/g)6.55 ± 0.599.47 ± 1.63103.7 ± 13.03a,b581.3 ± 46.75a,b,c
Dickkopf-1 (ng/mL)6.63 ± 0.297.52 ± 0.436.14 ± 0.36b4.73 ± 0.13a,b,c
Table 2 Correlation analysis between Dickkopf-1 and clinical characteristics

DKK1
P value

DKK1
P value

DKK1
P value
Age-0.1240.425HbA1c0.3680.001aHDL0.1810.125
DD-0.2310.050FCP-0.0190.875SCr-0.3250.005a
BMI-0.1540.193HOMA-IR-0.0040.975BUN-0.2950.011a
SBP-0.3690.001aTG-0.0580.625UA-0.3750.001a
DBP-0.1730.144TC-0.1360.254eGFR0.3390.003a
FPG0.1210.309LDL-0.1620.171UACR-0.4590.000a
Table 3 Unstandardized and standardized β-coefficients for associations of Dickkopf-1 with clinical characteristics in multivariate analysis
DKK1
B
S.E.
β
t
P value
95%CI
Age0.0140.0240.0680.5800.564-0.034-0.061
DD-0.0310.030-0.115-1.0270.308-0.091-0.029
SBP-0.0170.010-0.190-1.8180.074-0.036-0.002
HbA1c0.3180.1130.2812.8040.0070.091-0.544
UA-0.0050.002-0.236-1.9530.055-0.009-0.000
eGFR-0.0020.007-0.047-0.3180.751-0.017-0.012
UACR-0.0020.001-0.280-2.3030.025-0.004--0.000
Table 4 Multivariate logistic analysis of risk factors for proteinuria
Risk factor
B
S.E.
Wals
P value
OR
95%CI
Age-0.0100.0430.0520.8200.9900.910-1.077
DD0.0960.0543.2070.0731.1010.991-1.224
SBP0.0200.0171.4250.2331.0200.987-1.054
HBA1c0.2530.2231.2910.2561.2890.832-1.995
eGFR-0.0190.0151.6970.1930.9810.953-1.010
DKK1-0.4680.2035.3290.0210.6270.421-0.932
UA0.0040.0050.6150.4331.0040.995-1.013