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

Table 4

Spearman correlations of GFR with other variables.

	ρ	𝑃 value
Diabetes duration	−0.266	.006
HbA1c	0.307	.001
Body mass index	0.085	.402
Systolic blood pressure	−0.017	.862
Diastolic blood pressure	0.247	.011
Total cholesterol	0.077	.492
LDL cholesterol	0.128	.268
HDL cholesterol	−0.136	.233
Triglycerides	0.060	.590
L-Arginine	−0.252	.005
Symmetric dimethylarginine	−0.684	<.001