Helicobacter pylori seropositivity in diabetic patients is associated with microalbuminuria

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

	Normal (n = 2492)	Microalbuminuria (n = 224)	P value
Male	1 781 (71.5)	170 (75.9)	0.159
Age1 (yr)	54.6 (9.1)	57.7 (10.5)	< 0.001
BMI1 (kg/m2)	24.2 (2.8)	25.5 (3.4)	< 0.001
Waist circumference1 (cm)	86.9 (7.6)	89.8 (8.8)	< 0.001
Glucose1 (mg/dL)	102.4 (19.5)	118.3 (33.2)	< 0.001
Triglyceride1 (mg/dL)	129.1 (78.2)	161.2 (117.2)	< 0.001
HDL cholesterol1 (mg/dL)	52.7 (12.3)	50.2 (12.6)	0.005
Creatinine1 (mg/dL)	1.0 (0.2)	1.0 (0.2)	0.026
SBP1 (mmHg)	119.0 (14.7)	119.2 (15.6)	0.899
DBP1 (mmHg)	78.6 (11.2)	78.1 (11.8)	0.577
Hypertension	259 (10.4)	24 (10.7)	0.880
Diabetes mellitus	256 (10.3)	68 (30.4)	< 0.001
Current smoking	364 (16.6)	40 (20.4)	0.170
H. pylori seropositivity	1317 (52.8)	136 (60.7)	0.024

¹Data are presented as the mean ± SD. BMI: Body mass index; HDL: High density lipoprotein; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.