Increased Circulating Chemerin in Relation to Chronic Microvascular Complications in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Table 3
The correlation of plasma chemerin levels with other parameters.
Pearson correlation analysis
Multiple regression analysis
r
P
β
P
Age (years)
0.05
0.26
Sex (male/female)
0.04
0.31
Duration of diabetes (years)△
0.18
<0.001
0.072
0.057
Waist circumference (cm)
0.06
0.21
BMI (kg/m2)
0.19
<0.001
0.104
0.006
SBP (mmHg)
0.16
<0.001
0.08
0.029
DBP (mmHg)
0.07
0.10
Glycated hemoglobin (%)
0.09
0.03
0.047
0.20
Triglycerides (mmol/l) △
0.08
0.04
-0.035
0.36
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)
0.08
0.04
-0.006
0.93
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)
-0.03
0.42
LDL cholesterol (mmol/l)
0.09
0.03
0.056
0.374
Scr (umol/l)
0.36
<0.001
0.188
<0.001
UAE (mg/24h)△
0.43
<0.001
0.274
<0.001
hs-CRP (mg/L) △
0.15
<0.001
0.082
0.026
BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; UAE, urinary albumin excretion; hs-CRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein. △Natural logarithmic transformation was used in analysis.
