Table 3.

Spearman correlation of BRS with various parameters in treated T2D patients with and without hypertension

Parameters	DM without HTN (n = 92)		(DM with HTN (n = 88)
	r	P	r	P
BHR	−0.175	0.094	−0.277	0.009
SBP	0.075	0.478	−0.239	0.025
RPP	−0.191	0.067	−0.334	0.001
HOMA-IR	0.168	0.109	−0.018	0.875
TG/HDL	0.240	0.024	−0.284	0.009
AIP	0.240	0.024	−0.284	0.009
LF/HF	−0.198	0.064	−0.331	0.002
TP	0.209	0.045	0.298	0.005
SDNN	0.264	0.011	0.518	0.000
RMSSD	0.289	0.005	0.267	0.012
NN50	0.146	0.164	0.028	0.794
pNN50	0.285	0.006	0.228	0.033
OPG	−0.240	0.036	−0.417	0.000
TNF α	−0.238	0.034	−0.595	0.000

RPP Rate pressure product, BHR Basal heart rate, SBP Systolic blood pressure, FBG Fasting blood glucose, TG Triglyceride, HDL High density lipoprotein, AIP Atherogenic index of plasma, SDNN Standard deviation of normal-to-normal interval, RMSSD Square root of the mean squared differences of successive normal to normal intervals, CO Cardiac output, OPG Osteoprotegerin

^* P Value < 0.05 was considered significant