Table 3.
Correlation between demographic, anthropometric, laboratory data and flow mediated dilatation and nitric oxide of diabetic patients
| Variables | Nitric oxide | |
|---|---|---|
| r | P-value | |
| Age (yrs) | 0.04 | 0.75 |
| Duration of diabetes (yrs) | -0.23 | 0.07 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 0.13 | 0.34 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 0.13 | 0.31 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 0.15 | 0.25 |
| BMI (SDS) | 0.18 | 0.17 |
| Waist/ hip ratio | -0.02 | 0.90 |
| Waist / height ratio | -0.09 | 0.49 |
| HbA1(%) | -0.30 | 0.02 |
| Albumin / creatinine ratio (µg/g creatinine) | -0.55 | 0.0001 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dl) | -0.10 | 0.47 |
| Triglycerid (mg/dl) | -0.16 | 0.22 |
| HDL-c (mg/dl) | 0.16 | 0.23 |
| LDL-c (mg/dl) | -0.26 | 0.05 |
| VLDL (mg/dl) | -0.43 | 0.07 |
| OxLDL(mg/dl) | -0.32 | 0.01 |
| Apelin (ng/ml) | 0.05 | 0.74 |
| Doppler on brachial artery at rest (mm) | 0.08 | 0.53 |
| Doppler on brachial artery (Shill test (FMD)(%) | 0.05 | 0.73 |