Vascular calcification in patients with type 2 diabetes: the involvement of matrix Gla protein

Table 4 Univariate correlations: variables associated with plasma dp-ucMGP levels and t-ucMGP levels

	dp-ucMGP levels		t-ucMGP levels
	r	p	r	p
Age	0.294	<0.0001	-0.306	<0.001
Diabetes duration	0.077	0.278	-0.133	0.062
Body mass index	0.250	<0.0001	0.291	<0.0001
SBP	0.027	0.710	0.171	0.016
DBP	-0.105	0.142	0.324	<0.0001
Glycaemia	0.046	0.520	0.130	0.069
HbA1c	0.034	0.638	0.105	0.141
GFR MDRD	-0.410	<0.0001	0.211	0.003
Microalbuminuria	0.307	<0.0001	-0.021	0.766
Calcium	0.145	0.042	0.255	<0.0001
Phosphate	-0.089	0.214	-0.095	0.182
Intact PTH (pg/mL)	0.197	0.005	-0.256	<0.0001
25(OH)D	-0.095	0.181	-0.009	0.903
C-reactive protein	0.137	0.055	0.110	0.120
Triglycerides	0.215	0.002	0.312	<0.0001
Total cholesterol	0.084	0.240	0.079	0.268
Total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol	0.188	0.008	0.202	0.004
t-ucMGP	0.052	0.467	1.000	<0.0001
Peripheral calcification score	0.260	<0.0001	-0.272	<0.0001

For abbreviations, please refer to Table 3. r = Spearman correlation coefficient.

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