The non-linear relationship between serum albumin and diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a secondary analysis based on a cross-sectional study

Table 2 The linear association between sALB and the prevalence of DR in different models

Variable	Crude model	Minimally adjusted model	Fully adjusted model
sALB	0.89 (0.84, 0.95) 0.0008	0.88 (0.82, 0.95) 0.0007	0.92 (0.85, 1.00) 0.0474
sALB(Quartile)
Q1	Reference	Reference	Reference
Q2	0.58 (0.32, 1.04) 0.0662	0.49 (0.26, 0.93) 0.0292	0.58 (0.29, 1.17) 0.1291
Q3	0.38 (0.20, 0.69) 0.0016	0.31 (0.16, 0.60) 0.0005	0.40 (0.19, 0.86) 0.0184
Q4	0.44 (0.24, 0.80) 0.0074	0.39 (0.20, 0.74) 0.0045	0.50 (0.24, 1.07) 0.0730
P for trend	0.0032	0.0022	0.0742

The models were presented as OR (95%CI), P-value
Crude model: we did not adjust other covariants
Minimally adjusted model: we adjusted age, sex, and DM duration
Fully adjusted model: we adjusted age, sex, DM duration, D-dimer, LDL, serum creatinine, HbA1c, BUN, HBP, and CKD Stage

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