Renal Function but Not Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Is Independently Associated with Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Spearman correlations of ADMA with other variables.

	ρ	𝑃 value
Age	0.189	.033
Diabetes duration	0.190	.048
HbA1c	−0.079	.412
Body mass index	0.016	.870
Systolic blood pressure	−0.133	.172
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.183	.060
Total cholesterol	−0.068	.539
LDL cholesterol	−0.040	.727
HDL cholesterol	0.024	.830
Triglycerides	−0.141	.203
Glomerular filtration rate	−0.347	<.001
L-Arginine	0.548	<.001
Symmetric dimethylarginine	0.633	<.001