Changes of Blink Reflex in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

Correlation analysis of blink reflex with age, BMI, duration of T2DM, and HbA1C.

	R1 latency		IR2 latency		CR2 latency		IR2 duration		CR2 duration
		value		value		value		value		value
Age^†	0.144	0.141	0.066	0.505	0.058	0.559	−0.065	0.509	−0.008	0.935
BMI^†	−0.158	0.022	−0.185	0.007	−0.182	0.008	0.113	0.102	0.119	0.085
T2DM duration^‡	0.184	0.008	0.28		0.256		−0.156	0.025	−0.129	0.064
HbA1C^‡	−0.113	0.118	0.057	0.435	0.034	0.638	0.023	0.755	0.017	0.817

^†Person correlation analysis for normally distributed data. ^‡Spearman correlation analysis for nonnormally distributed data. : correlation coefficient. , , Abbreviations: IR2: ipsilateral R2; CR2: contralateral R2; BMI: body mass index; HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c.