Table 4.

Correlation analysis of composite scores of nerve conduction in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Variables	Composite scores of nerve conduction
	r	P-value
Age (year)	0.177	0.008*
Diabetes duration (year)	0.367	<0.0001**
Body mass index	0.025	0.714
Waist circumstance (cm)	0.129	0.125
SBP (mmHg)	0.15	0.025*
DBP(mmHg)	−0.01	0.866
Total cholesterol(mmol/L)	−0.061	0.37
Triglyceride(mmol/L)	−0.03	0.896
HDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.055	0.417
LDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.099	0.889
UA (mmol/L)	0.253	<0.0001**
hs-CRP (mmol/L)	0.154	0.023*
Index HbA (%)	0.062	0.305
Mean HbA (%)	0.157	0.019*
CV HbA	0.304	<0.0001**
SD HbA	0.304	<0.0001**
eGFR (mL/min/)	−0.529	<0.0001**

r, correlation coefficient.

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.0001. SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; OHA, oral hypoglycemic agent; ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB, angiotensin II receptor blocker; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; UA, uric acid; hsCRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein; HbA, glycohemoglobin; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; CV, coefficient of variation. Bold values indicates statistical significance..