Table 2.

Correlation between serum levels of NGAL and MMP-9/NGAL and selected clinical and laboratory parameters

	NGAL (ng/ml)		MMP-9/NGAL (ng/ml)
	r	p	r	p
HbA1c, %	0.38	<0.001	0.10	0.23
Creatinine, mg/dl	0.29	0.0006	−0.012	0.89
Neutrophil count, G/l	0.26	0.003	0.36	<0.0001
Duration T2DM, years	0.03	0.89	−0.16	0.42
BMI, kg/m2	−0.01	0.95	0.17	0.05

r spearman correlation coefficient, HbA _1c glycated hemoglobin, BMI body mass index