Table 3.

Bivariate correlation analyses for the correlation of serum HS and serum IL-1β with other variables in T2DM patients and T2DN patients

	T2DM						T2DN
	heparan sulfate			IL-1β			heparan sulfate			IL-1β
	r	P value		r	P value		r	P value		r	P value
Age	-0.14	0.43		-0.31	0.07		0.11	0.53		0.27	0.12
HS	/	/		0.19	0.29		/	/		0.60	0.00*
IL-1β	0.19	0.29		/	/		0.60	0.00*		/	/
eGFR	0.00	0.99		0.11	0.52		0.11	0.52		-0.15	0.40
Albumin	0.37	0.03*		0.26	0.14		-0.11	0.53		-0.19	0.28
FBG	0.06	0.75		0.33	0.06		0.42	0.01*		0.13	0.48
Urea nitrogen	-0.05	0.80		-0.20	0.24		0.04	0.81		0.29	0.09
Creatinine	-0.07	0.69		-0.05	0.80		-0.05	0.79		0.15	0.39
Uric acid	-0.08	0.64		-0.03	0.87		-0.17	0.33		0.03	0.89
Carbon dioxide	-0.09	0.62		0.06	0.74		0.04	0.83		-0.12	0.51
Triglyceride	0.22	0.21		-0.06	0.74		0.00	1.00		-0.09	0.61
Total cholesterol	0.17	0.34		-0.02	0.91		-0.01	0.94		-0.19	0.28
HDL	0.09	0.60		-0.03	0.88		0.02	0.94		-0.16	0.38
LDL	-0.26	0.13		-0.02	0.93		-0.11	0.54		-0.15	0.41
CRP	-0.03	0.85		0.16	0.38		0.05	0.79		0.00	0.99
HbAlc	-0.06	0.75		0.23	0.18		0.43	0.02*		0.31	0.09
HGB	0.08	0.63		0.18	0.30		-0.21	0.24		-0.25	0.16
Platelet	0.04	0.83		-0.05	0.78		0.09	0.61		-0.35	0.05
Leukocyte	-0.21	0.23		0.09	0.62		-0.05	0.77		-0.02	0.91
Neutrophil	-0.19	0.28		-0.01	0.95		-0.06	0.74		-0.05	0.77
N%	-0.06	0.74		-0.10	0.58		-0.06	0.76		-0.10	0.57

HS heparin sulphate, FGB fasting blood glucose HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, CRP c-reaction protein, HbAlc glycosylated haemoglobin, HGB haemoglobin, N% neutrophilic granulocyte percentage

*P < 0.05