Table 3.
Correlations between baseline information and laboratory data and plasma melatonin concentrations
|
Baseline information and laboratory data
|
Plasma melatonin concentrations
|
|
|
r
|
P
value
|
|
| Age | -0.1018 | 0.078 |
| Gender | -0.1428 | 0.013 |
| Diabetes duration | -0.5623 | < 0.001 |
| SBP | -0.2224 | < 0.001 |
| DBP | -0.1326 | 0.022 |
| MAP | -0.2146 | < 0.001 |
| Hypertension | 0.1429 | 0.013 |
| BMI | -0.09046 | 0.118 |
| Smoking | -0.0543 | 0.349 |
| Drinking | -0.06159 | 0.288 |
| FBG (mg/dL) | -0.464 | < 0.001 |
| HbA1C (%) | -0.481 | < 0.001 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 0.04224 | 0.466 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 0.01544 | 0.790 |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 0.02813 | 0.628 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/L | -0.01587 | 0.784 |
| Total bilirubin (mmol/L) | 0.4386 | < 0.001 |
| AST (U/L) | -0.06536 | 0.259 |
| ALT (U/L) | -0.06815 | 0.239 |
SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; MAP: Mean arterial pressure; FBG: Fasting blood glucose; HbA1C: Hemoglobin A1C; BMI: Body mass index; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; AST: Aspartate transaminase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase.