Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines in Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Different Urinary Albumin Excretion Rates and Their Correlation with Clinical Variables
Table 2
Correlation analysis of inflammation cytokines and various factors.
hs-CRP
TNF-α
uMCP-1
SAA
Age
0.135
0.244
0.194
0.093
0.249*
0.030
0.212
0.065
BMI
0.111
0.340
−0.096
0.409
−0.065
0.575
−0.069
0.555
Course
0.205
0.158
0.141
0.334
0.169
0.247
0.195
0.179
SBP
0.431**
<0.001
0.522**
<0.001
0.427**
<0.001
0.615**
<0.001
DBP
0.413**
<0.001
0.497**
<0.001
0.279*
0.015
0.507**
<0.001
TG
0.178
0.125
0.121
0.296
0.184
0.111
0.112
0.336
HDL-C
−0.120
0.301
−0.154
0.184
−0.175
0.130
−0.120
0.300
LDL-C
0.507**
<0.001
0.431**
<0.001
0.322**
0.005
0.559**
<0.001
TC
0.510**
<0.001
0.383**
<0.001
0.333**
0.003
0.527**
<0.001
HbA1c
0.235
0.104
0.303*
0.034
0.249
0.085
0.198
0.173
Ln (UAE/Ucr)
0.675**
<0.001
0.813**
<0.001
0.798**
<0.001
0.824**
<0.001
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
