Microalbuminuria and Traditional Serum Biomarkers of Nephropathy among Diabetic Patients at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in South Western Uganda

Table 4

Univariate and multivariate analysis for potential association showing the relationship between microalbuminuria and the traditional serum biomarkers.

Variable	Univariate analysis	value	Multivariate analysis	value
	Unadjusted coeff. (95% CI)		Adjusted coeff. (95% CI)
Creatinine	0.010 (0.005, 0.014)	0.0001	0.006 (0.001, 0.011)	0.012
Uric acid	0.002 (0.001, 0.003)	0.0071	0.001 (0.0002, 0.002)	0.117
Glucose	0.030 (0.011, 0.048)	0.0017	0.027 (0.008, 0.0452)	0.005
Sodium	0.0002 (-0.011, 0.011)	0.9685
Potassium	0.096 (-0.021, 0.213)	0.1067
Chloride	0.004 (-0.003, 0.012)	0.2417