Myocardial dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: role of endothelial progenitor cells and oxidative stress

Table 2 Correlation of the cardiovascular risk factors and global strains

Variables	Longitudinal strain		Circumferential strain		Radial strain
Variables	R	P value	R	P value	R	P value
Age	0.19	0.08	−0.01	0.92	−0.15	0.17
BMI	0.22	^*0.04	0.19	0.09	−0.32	^*0.003
SBP	0.08	0.44	0.08	0.50	−0.14	0.21
DBP	0.04	0.71	0.11	0.33	−0.12	0.30
Duration of disease	0.15	0.18	0.05	0.66	0.03	0.82
Total cholesterol	−0.04	0.74	−0.08	0.48	−0.05	0.67
Triglycerides	0.13	0.23	−0.05	0.67	−0.15	0.18
High density lipoprotein	−0.03	0.81	0.03	0.76	0.03	0.78
Low density lipoprotein	−0.10	0.33	−0.09	0.42	0.07	0.95
Fasting glucose	0.10	0.38	0.07	0.57	0.01	0.92
Creatinine	0.08	0.48	0.16	0.14	−0.10	0.39
hs-CRP	0.05	0.72	−0.01	0.92	−0.22	0.09
SOD	−0.23	0.07	−0.32	^*0.01	0.11	0.39
HbA1c	0.07	0.50	−0.12	0.29	0.07	0.53
CD34+ ECPs	−0.19	0.08	−0.28	^*0.01	0.21	^*0.049
CD133+ EPCs	−0.02	0.86	−0.08	0.47	0.02	0.86
CD34+/KDR + EPCs	−0.01	0.96	−0.21	0.05	0.18	0.10
CD133+/KDR + EPCs	−0.07	0.54	−0.16	0.14	−0.02	0.87

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; EPCs = endothelial progenitor cells; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; hs-CRP = High sensitivity C-reactive protein; SBP = systolic blood pressure; SOD = superoxide dismutase.

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