Table 2 Determinants of vascular biomarkers in T2DM patients and in nonT2DM subjects

Sex (male)

0.20 ± 0.09

0.17 ± 0.07

0.37 ± 0.09

Age (years)

0.22 ± 0.07

0.46 ± 0.09

0.32 ± 0.09

0.58 ± 0.07

Systolic BP (mmHg)

0.15 ± 0.06

0.17 ± 0.06

0.26 ± 0.06

0.40 ± 0.09

0.30 ± 0.06

0.25 ± 0.07

HDL (mmol/L)

− 0.33 ± 0.07

BP therapy (yes)

0.20 ± 0.09

0.24 ± 0.07

logMMP-12

0.36 ± 0.06

0.29 ± 0.09

0.27 ± 0.06

0.17 ± 0.06

R²

0.17

0.25

0.22

0.32

0.18

0.26

0.22

0.48

P

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001