Table 2.

Correlation coefficients of age-adjusted telomere length with classical risk factors in T2D patients and control subjects

	Total		Case subjects		Control subjects
	Correlation coefficient	P	Correlation coefficient	P	Correlation coefficient	P
Sex	0.056	0.017*	0.043	0.192	0.072	0.035*
Smoking	−0.092	0.001*	−0.045	0.250	−0.132	0.001*
Exercise	0.027	0.332	0.026	0.505	0.032	0.420
BMI	−0.059	0.036*	0.008	0.846	−0.072	0.072
SBP	0.017	0.553	0.034	0.383	0.095	0.017*
DBP	<0.001	0.991	0.048	0.222	−0.001	0.987
Glucose	−0.098	<0.001*	0.005	0.896	−0.111	0.005*
Urea	−0.004	0.897	0.047	0.230	−0.014	0.718
Creatinine	−0.023	0.412	−0.031	0.431	<0.001	0.999
UA	−0.097	<0.001*	−0.105	0.007*	−0.098	0.014*
TC	0.081	0.004*	0.037	0.341	0.103	0.010*
TGs	−0.006	0.841	0.014	0.719	0.013	0.741
HDL cholesterol	0.037	0.183	−0.048	0.219	0.063	0.114
LDL cholesterol	−0.011	0.694	−0.015	0.700	−0.008	0.841
CRP	0.027	0.327	−0.017	0.667	0.060	0.133
Stathmin	−0.060	0.032*	−0.035	0.379	−0.077	0.054
EF-1α	−0.096	0.001*	−0.044	0.265	−0.146	<0.001*
N-acetyl-glucosaminidase	−0.066	0.019*	0.014	0.717	−0.087	0.029*

Stathmin, EF-1α, and N-acetyl-glucosaminidase are serological markers for telomere dysfunction and DNA damage. *P < 0.05.