Table 2 Association between inflammatory mediators and definitive cardiac autonomic neuropathy after adjustment for confounding variables
| TNF | IL10 | IL1B | LTB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Unadjusted | P = 0.001 | P = 0.002 | P = 0.32 | P = 0.006 |
| Model 2 | Adjusted for sex and age | P = 0.18 | P = 0.47 | P = 0.51 | P = 0.006 |
| Model 3 | Adjusted for sex, age and body mass index (BMI) | P = 0.83 | P = 0.32 | P = 0.60 | P = 0.001 |
| Model 4 | Adjusted for sex, age, BMI, and waist circumference (WC) | P = 0.17 | P = 0.54 | P = 0.93 | P = 0.016 |
| Model 5 | Adjusted for sex, age, BMI, WC, diabetes duration, HbA1c, cholesterol, triglycerides, arterial hypertension, eGFR, and use of ACEi | P = 0.67 | P = 0.29 | P = 0.30 | P = 0.013 |