Association of serum osteoprotegerin with vascular calcification in patients with type 2 diabetes

Table 4 Simple linear regression analysis of variables with possible associations with serum osteoprotegerin levels in patients with type 2 diabetes

	P value	r
Age	<0.0001**	0.367
BMI	0.045*	−0.181
Systolic blood pressure	0.03*	0.195
Diastolic blood pressure	0.722	−0.032
Duration of diabetes mellitus (years)	0.255	0.104
HbA1c (NGSP)	0.072	−0.163
Total-Cholesterol	0.972	−0.003
Triglyceride	0.927	0.008
HDL-Cholesterol	0.310	0.093
LDL-Cholesterol	0.809	−0.022
Creatinine	0.878	0.014
Ln (FGF23)	0.373	0.081
Ln (25-hydroxyvitamin D3)	0.001**	−0.305
Osteocalcin	0.422	0.073
Ln (FMD)	0.294	−0.096
Mean IMT	0.976	0.002
Ln (Adiponectin)	0.0008**	0.339
EPC	0.330	−0.134
Ln Ca	0.217	−0.112
iP	0.983	−0.002
Ualb	0.634	0.049
CVRR	0.362	0.087

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