Table 3.

Coefficients of correlation between clinical and biochemical parameters with the hemoglobin in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2.

Variables	Hemoglobin
	p	R
Age (in years)	0,492	−0,057
BMI (kg/m2)	0,051	−0,155
Time of diagnosis of DM2	0,466	−0,061
Glycemia (mg/dL)	0,004∗	0,235
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0,209	0,105
Glomerular filtration rate by the Cockcroft-Gault equation (mL/min./1,73 m2)	0,526	0,053

Spearman rank correlation test; ∗ was considered statistically significant.