*2.1. Baseline Characteristics of Clinical Samples Used in the Study*

Table 1 summarizes the baseline characteristics of patients in the poor and good prognosis groups. All factors did not differ significantly in the two groups, including sex, age, body mass index (BMI), duration of follow-up, systolic blood pressure (SBP), glycated hemoglobin concentration (HbA1c), lipid profile, percent with diabetic retinopathy, and the percentages treated with RAS inhibitors, anti-hypertensive agents, and lipid-lowering agents (Bonferroni corrected *p*-value > 0.05/17 = 0.0029; Table S1).


**Table 1.** Baseline characteristics of the patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) with and without renal outcomes.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; ACR, urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio; NAPCR, urine nonalbumin protein-to-creatinine ratio; PCR, urine protein-to-creatinine ratio.
