Table 3.

Correlation between galectin-3 levels and levels of other parameters among the studied patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (n=300)

Variables	Galectin-3 (ng/mL) among the studied type 2 diabetes mellitus patients (n=300)
	R	P
Age (years)	0.398	0.0001*
Duration of diabetes mellitus (years)	0.607	0.0001*
BMI (kg/m2)	0.332	0.0001*
SBP (mmHg)	0.765	0.0001*
DBP (mmHg)	0.688	0.0001*
HbA1c (%)	0.200	0.0001*
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.651	0.0001*
eGFR (mL/min)	–0.816	0.0001*
ACR (mg/g)	0.664	0.0001*

Note:

^*Significant (P<0.05).

Abbreviations: ACR, albumin/creatinine ratio; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; P, significance level; R, correlation coefficient.