In JPMA Volume 55, No. 9, September 2005 issue, page No. 382-386, under Original Article entitled “Prevalence of Microalbuminuria in Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Karachi: Pakistan A Multi-center Study”, authors: Muhammad Yakoob Ahmedani, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Hydrie, Azhar Iqbal, Asma Gul, Waheed Baig Mirza, Abdul Basit, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan, Table 1 and 2 had errors in the following variables:
Table 1: Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure.
Table 2: Age, Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure, Lipids, Fasting and Random Blood Pressure and BMI.
The tables are corrected to read as shown.
| Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients. |
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| Variables |
n (%) |
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| Gender (n=2186) |
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| Male |
1237 (56.6) |
| Female |
949 (43.4) |
| Smoking Status (n=1277) |
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| Yes |
377 (29.5) |
| No |
900 (70.5) |
| Family history of diabetes |
|
| Yes |
981 (44.6) |
| No |
1220 (55.4) |
| Family history of hypertension |
|
| Yes |
110 (5.0) |
| No |
2091 (95.0) |
| Family history of chronic diseases |
|
| Yes |
13 (0.6) |
| No |
2188 (99.4) |
| Family history of renal diseases |
|
| Yes |
7 (0.3) |
| No |
2194 (99.7) |
| Hypertension (n=1226) |
|
| Yes |
685 (55.9) |
| No |
541 (44.1) |
| Systolic Blood Pressure (n=1101) |
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| <130 |
416 (37.8) |
| > 130 |
685 (62.2) |
| Diastolic Blood Pressure (n=1100) |
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| <85 |
527(47.9) |
| > 85 |
573(52.1) |
| *Age (in years) |
53.10 + 11.90 |
| *Duration of diabetes (in years) |
8.88 + 5.21 |
| *BMI |
25.79 + 4.05 |
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| * Mean ± SD is reported for continuous variables; BMI: Body Mass Index |
| Table 2. Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio for microalbuminuria in patients. |
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| Variables |
Microalbuminuria Absent n (%) |
Microalbuminuria Present n (%) |
Unadjusted Or for Microalbuminuria (95% CI) |
*Adjusted OR for Microalbuminuria (95% CI) |
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| Age > 50 yrs (n=1396) |
826 (59.5) |
570 (78.0) |
2.41 (1.97 - 2.96) |
10.50 (4.59 - 24.16) |
| Male |
778 (53.9) |
459 (61.8) |
1.38 (1.15 - 1.65) |
†NS |
| Duration of diabetes (n=1320) |
|
|
|
|
| 1-5 years |
265 (37.3) |
96 (15.8) |
|
|
| 6-8 years |
201 (28.3) |
144 (23.6) |
1.98 (1.44 - 2.71) |
NS |
| 9-11 years |
140 (19.7) |
165 (27.1) |
3.25 (2.35 - 4.50) |
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| >11 years |
105 (14.8) |
204 (33.5) |
5.36 (3.85 - 7.47) |
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| Smoker |
167 (23.4) |
210 (35.6) |
1.72 (1.35 - 2.19) |
NS |
| Retinopathy (n=1246) |
192 (29.2) |
284 (48.3) |
2.27 (1.80 - 2.86) |
6.39 (2.04 - 19.96) |
| Neuropathy (n=1184) |
215 (33.2) |
262 (48.8) |
1.91 (1.51 - 2.42) |
NS |
| Cerebrovascular (n=1168) |
92 (14.5) |
130 (24.3) |
1.89 (1.40 - 2.54) |
NS |
| Coronary vessels (n=1127) |
131 (21.8) |
196 (37.3) |
2.14 (1.65 - 2.78) |
NS |
| Peripheral Vessels (n=1029) |
66 (11.6) |
131 (28.4) |
3.00 (2.17 - 4.17) |
NS |
| Hypertension |
263 (40.6) |
422 (73.0) |
3.96 (3.11 - 5.04) |
NS |
| Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) |
|
|
|
NS |
| <120 |
203 (34.6) |
83 (16.1) |
|
|
| 120 < 130 |
99 (16.9) |
31 (6.0) |
0.77 (0.48 - 1.23) |
|
| 130 < 160 |
257 (43.8) |
316 (61.5) |
3.00 (2.22 - 4.08) |
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| > 160 |
28 (4.8) |
84 (16.3) |
7.34 (4.46 - 12.08) |
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| Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) |
|
|
|
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| < 70 |
231 (39.4) |
75 (14.6) |
|
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| 71-85 |
168 (28.6) |
53 (10.3) |
0.97 (0.65 - 1.46) |
1.12 (0.31 - 4.01) |
| 85-90 |
135 (23.0) |
235 (45.8) |
5.36 (3.83 - 7.50) |
6.95 (1.96 - 24.63) |
| >90 |
53 (9.0) |
150 (29.2) |
8.72 (5.8 - 13.10) |
14.42 (3.79 - 54.75) |
| TGL > 150 mg/dl |
76 (67.3) |
192 (93.7) |
7.19 (3.62 - 14.29) |
NS |
| HDL < 40 (M) and > 50 (F) mg/dl |
79 (81.4) |
178 (91.3) |
2.39 (1.17 - 4.87) |
NS |
| LDL > 100 mg/dl |
66 (69.5) |
178 (93.2) |
6.01 (2.95 - 12.27) |
9.19 (2.88 - 29.37) |
| Fasting Blood Sugar > 110 mg/dl |
341 (93.2) |
362 (97.3) |
2.65 (1.26 - 5.60) |
NS |
| Random Blood Sugar >200 mg/dl |
222 (65.1) |
272 (72.3) |
1.40 (1.02 - 1.93) |
NS |
| BMI > 23 |
919 (78.7) |
558 (86.6) |
1.76 (1.34 - 2.29) |
NS |
| *Serum Cholesterol |
192.5 ± 41.76 |
237.44 ± 46.09 |
1.02 (1.01 - 1.03) |
NS |
| *HBA1c |
7.94 ± 1.57 |
8.18 ± 0.94 |
1.20 (0.93 - 1.55) |
NS |
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Sample size is different for all variables in univariate analysis. Sample size for final multivariate model was 242. *Mean ±SD is reported.
†Not Significant in final model
BMI - Body Mass Index |
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