Table 3.

Correlations of MDA, uric acid, bilirubin with other studied parameters in DM cases

Parameters	MDA		Uric acid		Bilirubin
	r	p	r	p	r	p
Age	− 0.129	0.180	0.073	0.447	0.125	0.196
Duration	0.187	0.160	0.034	0.803	− 0.193	0.147
Creatinine	0.157	0.252	0.073	0.448	− 0.045	0.663
FBG	0.553	< 0.001	0.031	0.749	− 0.528	< 0.001
PPBG	0.998	< 0.001	0.045	0.644	− 0.974	< 0.001
BMI	0.490	0.013	0.423	0.020	− 0.048	0.821
TC	0.109	0.129	− 0.057	0.552	− 0.186	0.053
TG	0.185	0.053	− 0.022	0.818	− 0.163	0.091
HDL	− 0.048	0.617	− 0.042	0.666	0.026	0.788
LDL	0.142	0.138	0.002	0.985	− 0.114	0.239
MDA	–	–	–0.054	0.574	− 0.974	< 0.001
UA	–	–	–	–	0.091	0.349

P < 0.05 is considered significant

FBG fasting blood glucose, PPBG postprandial blood glucose, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, MDA malondialdehyde, UA uric acid, BMI body mass index