Relationship between Stage of Diabetic Retinopathy and Pulse Wave Velocity in Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Relationship between PWV and clinical factors by Spearman’s correlation.

	Correlation coefficient	𝑃 value
BMI (kg/m^2)	−0.19	<0.001
Age (years)	0.61	<0.001
SBP (mmHg)	0.35	<0.001
DBP (mmHg)	−0.01	0.73
FPG (mg/dL)	−0.14	<0.001
HbA1c (%)	−0.20	<0.001
LDL-C (mg/dL)	−0.05	0.20
HDL-C (mg/dL)	0.00	0.98
TG (mg/dL)	−0.01	0.73
TC (mg/dL)	−0.04	0.33
ABI	0.07	0.06

BMI: body mass index, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, FPG: fasting plasma glucose, LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, TC: total cholesterol, and ABI: ankle brachial index.