Association of Plasma Adiponectin and Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Diabetic Nephropathy

Table 2

Correlation matrix between adiponectin, ox-LDL, and several characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes in the absence or presence of nephropathy at different stages. Values represent Spearman’s correlation coefficients.

	ox-LDL	Age	BMI	Glucose	eGFR	LDL-cholesterol	HDL-cholesterol	Triglycerides
Adiponectin	−0.29^b	0.26^b	−0.21^a	−0.14	−0.33^b	−0.07	0.09	−0.11
ox-LDL	1	−0.02	0.12	0.05	0.20^a	0.48^b	0.08	0.32^b

^aCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level.
^bCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level.