Increased serum levels of advanced glycation end products are negatively associated with relative muscle strength in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 2 Correlation matrix analysis of clinical characteristics, serum levels of AGEs, and relative muscle strength

	AGEs	Age	Male sex	WC	PI score	SBP	Glucose	HbA_1c	LogALT	Cr	TC	HDL-C	LogTG	MNSI-PE	HG	KE	AD
Age	0.0030
Male sex	-0.026	0.094
WC	0.048	-0.025	0.13
PI score	-0.013	0.30**	-0.062	0.052
SBP	0.16*	0.21**	-0.16*	-0.064	0.11
Glucose	0.024	-0.087	-0.096	0.056	0.065	0.0010
HbA_1c	0.13	-0.22**	-0.092	0.14	0.12	-0.051	0.54**
LogALT	-0.22	-0.006	0.27**	0.13	-0.079	-0.11	0.20*	0.12
Cr	0.087	0.24**	0.25**	0.15	0.20*	0.14	0.085	0.15	0.055
TC	0.056	-0.33**	-0.18*	-0.055	-0.076	0.11	0.14	0.14	0.007	0.054
HDL-C	-0.076	-0.095	-0.33**	-0.45**	-0.13	0.086	-0.070	-0.091	-0.20*	-0.22**	0.22**
LogTG	0.091	-0.040	0.000	0.28**	0.17*	0.056	0.14	0.097	0.16*	0.18*	0.44**	-0.39*
MNSI-PE	0.18*	0.26**	-0.048	0.21*	0.16*	0.057	0.27**	0.25**	-0.10	0.18*	-0.16	-0.14	0.000
HG	-0.20*	-0.29**	0.23**	-0.34**	-0.19*	-0.10	-0.027	-0.057	0.15	-0.22**	0.055	0.18*	-0.15	-0.36**
KE	-0.050	-0.16	-0.16	-0.25**	-0.11	0.042	-0.10	-0.073	0.038	-0.26**	0.13	0.26**	-0.077	-0.23**	0.45**
AD	-0.19*	-0.19*	0.042	-0.37**	-0.059	< 0.001	-0.20*	-0.16	-0.008	-0.26**	0.079	0.21**	-0.10	-0.16	0.46**	0.46**
AP	-0.22**	-0.18*	-0.25**	-0.40**	-0.031	0.079	-0.040	-0.11	-0.040	-0.23**	0.18*	0.31**	-0.16	-0.21**	0.41**	0.58**	0.56**

AGEs Advanced Glycation End products, WC Waist Circumference, PI Physical Inactivity, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, HbA_1c glycosylated Hemoglobin, LogALT Logarithmic transformation of alanine aminotransferase, Cr Creatinine, TC Total Cholesterol, HDL-C High-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, LogTG Logarithmic transformation of Triglyceride, MNSI-PE Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument Physical Examination score, HG relative muscle strength of Handgrip, KE relative muscle strength of Knee Extensor, AD relative muscle strength of Ankle Dorsiflexor, AP relative muscle strength of Ankle Plantar flexor
^*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 using Pearson correlation analysis

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