Clinical significance of serum miR-129-5p in patients with diabetes mellitus presenting macrovascular complications

Table 2 Correlation between the expression of serum miR-129-5p and clinical factors in diabetes mellitus and diabetic macrovascular complications

Parameter	DM		DMV
	r	P value	r	P value
Age (yr)	0.205	0.122	0.24	0.06
Gender	-0.025	0.85	-0.178	0.167
BMI (kg/m2)	-0.193	0.146	-0.069	0.597
Duration of disease (yr)	0.122	0.361	0.335	0.008
Smoking history	-0.135	0.312	0.346	0.006
DM family history	-0.06	0.656	0.299	0.018
Systolic pressure, mmHg	-0.133	0.318	-0.136	0.29
Diastolic pressure, mmHg	-0.19	0.153	-0.191	0.137
OGTT (mmol/L)
Fasting glucose	0.111	0.405	0.268	0.036
1-h glucose	0.258	0.05	0.071	0.582
2-h glucose	0.283	0.031	0.183	0.154
HbA1c, %	0.149	0.263	0.255	0.045
TG	-0.149	0.263	-0.176	0.172
CHOL	-0.057	0.673	0.138	0.285
HDL-c	-0.052	0.696	-0.105	0.418
LDL-c	-0.115	0.389	-0.105	0.417

DM: Diabetes mellitus; DMC: Diabetic macrovascular complication; BMI: Body mass index; OGTT: Oral glucose tolerance test; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1c; TG: Triglyceride; TCHO: Total cholesterol; HDL-c: High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-c: Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol.