Significant increase of serum extracellular vesicle-packaged growth differentiation factor 15 in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Multivariate stepwise regression analysis of the association between FPG and HbA1c and EV-GDF15 levels

Variable	Normalized β	t	P
FPG (mmol/L)	0.357	3.855	< 0.001**
HbA1c (%)	0.409	4.625	< 0.001**

Independent variables originally included gender, age, BMI, smoke, drink, SBP, TG, HDL-c, LDL-c, hs-CRP
FPG fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, EV extracellular vesicle, GDF15 Growth differentiation factor-15

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