| Table 3: Results of regression models to estimate albumin excretion rate (AER) | |||||
| Model; coefficient (and standard error of the mean) | |||||
| Variable or value | Simple albuminB creatinine ratio | Fitted albuminB creatinine ratio | Fitted albumin and creatinine | Complete fitted | |
| Constant | 2.8197 (0.0078) | 2.7127 (0.0192) | 1.8029 (0.0468) | 1.0496 (0.1282) | |
| Log (albumin), mg/dL | 1 | 0.9332 (0.0110) | 1.0233 (0.0105) | 1.0100 (0.0098) | |
| Log (creatinine), mg/dL | -1 | -0.9332 (0.0110) | -0.4558 (0.0249) | -0.5795 (0.0312) | |
| Sex (male = 0, female = 1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1225 (0.0131) | |
| Log (weight), kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5480 (0.0592) | |
| Insulin (use = 0, nonuse = 1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1555 (0.0869) | |
| Interaction variable | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0956 (0.0465) | |
| Degrees of freedom | 1285 | 1284 | 1283 | 1279 | |
| F statistic | 35.52 | 511.87 | 61.55 | ||
| p value | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | ||
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