The Relationship between Muscle Ultrasound Parameters and Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Correlation between VPT, muscle parameters, and clinical data.

		value
Rectus femoris
Echo intensity	0.219	0.003
Cross-sectional area	-0.224	0.002
Muscle thickness	-0.236	0.001
Corrected echo intensity	-0.051	0.496
Tibialis anterior
Echo intensity	0.176	0.018
Cross-sectional area	-0.224	0.002
Muscle thickness	-0.236	0.001
Corrected echo intensity	0.105	0.162
Medial head of gastrocnemius
Echo intensity	0.255	<0.001
Cross-sectional area	-0.179	0.017
Muscle thickness	-0.243	0.001
Corrected echo intensity	0.210	0.005
Other variates
Age	0.281	<0.001
Weight	-0.042	0.573
Height	0.119	0.111
BMI	-0.105	0.161
HbA1c	0.085	0.255
TC	-0.124	0.096
TG	-0.218	0.003
HDL	-0.012	0.874
LDL	-0.053	0.485

, , and . Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; TG: triglycerides; TC: total cholesterol; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin.