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Table 2 Selected Spearman correlations between variables in all three groups

From: Insulin treatment corrects hepcidin but not YKL-40 levels in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus matched by body mass index, waist-to-height ratio, C-reactive protein and Creatinine

Correlations

Control group (n = 20)

Persons with prediabetes (n = 30)

Persons with type 2 diabetes on insulin therapy (n = 30)

YKL-40/age

r = 0.243, p = 0.302

r = −0.073, p = 0.703

r = 0.046, p = 0.809

Hepcidin/Glucose

r = 0.150, p = 0.528

r = 0.342, p = 0.064

r = −0.227, p = 0.228

Hepcidin/HbA1C

r = −0.154, p = 0.517

r = 0.210, p = 0.266

r = 0.112, p = 0.556

Hepcidin/Ferritin

r = −0.081, p = 0.734

r = 0.082, p = 0.666

r = 0.132, p = 0.486

Hepcidin/YKL-40

r = 0.188, p = 0.427

r = −0.034, p = 0.858

r = −0.358, p = 0.052

Ferritin/YKL-40

r = −0.173, p = 0.466

r = −0.135, p = 0.476

r = −0.009, p = 0.964

BMI/WHtR

r= 0.460, p= 0.041

r= 0.828, p < 0.001

r= 0.459, p= 0.011

HR/SBP

r= 0.800, p< 0.001

r= 0.767, p < 0.001

r= 0.630, p< 0.001

HR/DBP

r= 0.531, p = 0.016

r= 0.873, p < 0.001

r= 0.657, p< 0.001

  1. Significant correlations are shown in bold (p < 0.05)