Table 6.
Correlation Between Presence of Newly Diagnosed DM and Different Clinical and Laboratory Parameters (n = 57)
| FBS | ||
|---|---|---|
| R | P-value | |
| Age | 0.568 | 0.000** |
| BMI | 0.313 | 0.018* |
| Lymphocyte | 0.306 | 0.021* |
| Ferritin | 0.355 | 0.007** |
| CRP | 0.355 | 0.007** |
| D-dimer | 0.285 | 0.032* |
Notes:*significant, **highly significant.
Abbreviations: CRP, C-reactive protein; FBS, fasting blood sugar; BMI, body mass index.