Figure 2

Bivariate correlations of MRP8/14 with A) Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and B) TNF-α as inflammatory marker and C) with proteinuria and D) retinal artery caliber as microcirculatory marker in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy. We observed significant positive correlations for A) r = 0.57, B) r = 0.36, C) r = 0.40 and D) r = 0.48. All correlations are given as calculated by Spearman correlation coefficient.