Table 2.

Correlation between plasma FGD5-AS1 level and other variables

Variables	Plasma FGD5-AS1 level
	T2DM without CVDs		T2DM with CVDs
	r	P	r	P
BMI	− 0.3601	0.0002	− 0.5283	< 0.0001
Systolic blood pressure	− 0.4862	< 0.0001	− 0.585	< 0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure	− 0.5012	< 0.0001	− 0.5463	< 0.0001
Fasting glucose	− 0.5803	< 0.0001	− 0.6405	< 0.0001
2-h postprandial blood glucose	− 0.57	< 0.0001	− 0.7257	< 0.0001
HbA1c	− 0.7389	< 0.0001	− 0.7988	< 0.0001
Triglycerides	− 0.1028	0.3086	− 0.1476	0.1429
HDL-cholesterol	0.2897	0.0035	0.4293	< 0.0001
LDL-cholesterol	− 0.4826	< 0.0001	− 0.1339	0.1840
usCRP	− 0.3595	0.0002	− 0.5882	< 0.0001