Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics between the two groups.

From: A nomogram prediction model incorporating noninvasive lens AGEs and conventional biochemical indicators for assessing and predicting diabetic kidney disease

Variable

non-DKD (n = 644)

DKD (n = 224)

P

Age (years)

59.00 (49.00, 65.00)

59.00 (48.50, 65.00)

0.383

Course of disease (years)

6.00 (1.00, 12.00)

8.00 (1.00, 13.00)

0.303

Body mass index (kg/m^2)

24.66 (22.39, 27.16)

24.77 (22.50, 27.33)

0.696

Cystatin c (mg/L)

0.85 (0.76, 0.98)

0.96 (0.78, 1.23)

 < 0.001

25-hydroxyvitamin-D (nmol/L)

48.52 (35.90, 59.92)

40.91 (30.22, 53.56)

 < 0.001

Glycosylated hemoglobin (%)

8.30 (6.70, 10.60)

9.80 (7.80, 11.70)

 < 0.001

TG (mmol/L)

3.60 ± 1.76

4.03 ± 1.94

0.003

Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)

6.86 (5.24, 9.38)

8.08 (6.03, 10.73)

 < 0.001

Postprandial blood glucose (mmol/L)

11.07 (8.24, 14.33)

11.71 (9.00, 15.14)

0.030

Fasting insulin (pmol/ml)

46.93 (23.88, 82.70)

41.34 (20.75, 73.93)

0.193

Insulin 2h after meal (pmol/ml)

177.80 (77.01, 373.05)

110.30 (53.34, 244.25)

 < 0.001

Blood platelets (*10^9/L)

209.00 (175.00, 238.50)

212.00 (169.00, 263.50)

0.229

NLR

1.87 (1.38, 2.49)

2.17 (1.56, 3.11)

 < 0.001

PLR

110.90 (86.90, 141.86)

123.93 (94.45, 162.72)

 < 0.001

White blood cells (*10^9/L)

5.92 (4.91, 7.09)

6.17 (5.31, 7.77)

0.003

Lymphocytes (*10^9/L)

1.94 ± 0.72

1.81 ± 0.65

0.005

Red blood cells (*10^12/L)

4.57 ± 0.53

4.47 ± 0.55

0.006

Hb (g/L)

139.60 ± 18.12

137.70 ± 17.88

0.123

AGEs

0.23 ± 0.08

0.25 ± 0.09

0.023

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SD or median (IQR). P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Significant values are in bold.