Association between Circulating B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Chinese Type 2 Diabetic Population

Table 2

Linear correlation analysis of variables associated with circulating levels of BNP in the entire population studied.

Variable	Simple
		value	Adjusted	Adjusted value
Age	0.363	<0.001	—	—
Sex	0.160	0.010	—	—
BMI	-0.024	0.711	—	—
Diabetic duration	0.241	<0.001	0.170	0.080
SBP	0.269	<0.001	0.204	0.035
DBP	0.054	0.387	0.180	0.064
FBG	-0.103	0.099	-0.138	0.156
HbA1c	-0.072	0.249	-0.128	0.189
TC	-0.075	0.236	0.007	0.941
TG	-0.182	0.004	0.018	0.855
HDL-C	0.144	0.024	-0.086	0.378
LDL-C	-0.009	0.893	0.000	0.998
Neutrophil count	0.032	0.616	0.002	0.986
Lymphocyte count	-0.202	0.001	-0.285	0.003
NLR	0.152	0.015	0.260	0.007
WBC	-0.061	0.328	-0.099	0.313
PT	0.132	0.112	0.143	0.142
APTT	-0.078	0.347	-0.177	0.067
INR	0.004	0.960	0.096	0.325
Fibrinogen	0.023	0.781	-0.024	0.809
ACR	0.275	<0.001	0.133	0.173
Creatinine	0.049	0.433	0.210	0.030
eGFR	-0.225	<0.001	-0.173	0.075
ABI	-0.130	0.038	-0.201	0.038
VPT	0.191	0.002	0.147	0.021
Hypertension	0.188	0.002	0.126	0.195
CHD	0.205	0.001	0.083	0.394
Stroke	0.128	0.039	0.122	0.210
DFU	0.048	0.438	0.200	0.039
PAD	0.304	<0.001	0.239	0.013
DPN	0.210	0.001	0.136	0.032
DN	0.200	0.001	0.225	0.020
DR	0.074	0.238	-0.041	0.674