Table 3.

The correlation of plasma chemerin levels with other parameters.

	Pearson correlation analysis		Multiple regression analysis
	r	P	β	P
Age (years)	0.05	0.26
Sex (male/female)	0.04	0.31
Duration of diabetes (years)△	0.18	<0.001	0.072	0.057
Waist circumference (cm)	0.06	0.21
BMI (kg/m2)	0.19	<0.001	0.104	0.006
SBP (mmHg)	0.16	<0.001	0.08	0.029
DBP (mmHg)	0.07	0.10
Glycated hemoglobin (%)	0.09	0.03	0.047	0.20
Triglycerides (mmol/l) △	0.08	0.04	-0.035	0.36
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	0.08	0.04	-0.006	0.93
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	-0.03	0.42
LDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	0.09	0.03	0.056	0.374
Scr (umol/l)	0.36	<0.001	0.188	<0.001
UAE (mg/24h)△	0.43	<0.001	0.274	<0.001
hs-CRP (mg/L) △	0.15	<0.001	0.082	0.026

BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; UAE, urinary albumin excretion; hs-CRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein.

△Natural logarithmic transformation was used in analysis.