Association of Monocyte-to-HDL Cholesterol Ratio with Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Correlation of endothelial dysfunction with other indicators.

Variables	Spearman’s correlation		Partial correlation
		value		value
Sex (male)	-0.09	0.160	—	—
Age (years)	0.18	0.004	—	—
BMI (kg/m^2)	0.05	0.481	0.10	0.127
Disease course (years)	0.07	0.300	0.02	0.806
SBP (mmHg)	0.22	0.001	0.24	<0.001
DBP (mmHg)	0.16	0.012	0.22	0.001
Smoking (%)	0.08	0.209	0.07	0.334
Drinking (%)	0.14	0.034	0.09	0.190
HbA1c (%)	0.05	0.465	0.09	0.164
HOMA-IR	0.05	0.436	-0.02	0.749
TC (mmol/l)	0.02	0.816	0.12	0.068
TG (mmol/l)	0.04	0.517	0.11	0.098
HDL-C (mmol/l)	-0.02	0.783	-0.04	0.511
LDL-C (mmol/l)	0.01	0.889	0.09	0.211
MHR	0.17	0.009	0.14	0.042

BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MHR: monocyte-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio.