Table 5.

Spearman rank correlation coefficient and p values for the correlations between circulating mitokines and renal function, expressed as serum creatinine and eGFR, in T2D patients

Correlations	Creatinine		eGFR
	ρ	p value	ρ	p value
GDF15	0.461	< 0.001	− 0.301	< 0.001
HN	0.323	< 0.001	− 0.318	< 0.001
FGF21	0.209	0.001	− 0.163	0.009