3.2 Associations of baseline glucose indices with UACR and eGFR
As shown in Table 2, Pearson’s correlation analysis revealed that baseline FPG, 2h OGTT, HbA1c, fasting insulin and HOMA-IR were significantly correlated with follow-up UACR and eGFR. No significant relation between HOMA-β and UCAR was observed in the correlation analysis. Multivariate linear regression analysis adjusted for sex and age indicated that the correlations of the baseline glucose indices, with the exception of HOMA-β, with UACR persisted (all, P<0.001). HOMA-IR was most strongly correlated with UACR (β=0.13, P<0.001) and eGFR (β=-0.05, P=0.0001).