INS and diabetes mellitus: The patients' sBP values correlated with age (r = 0.47, P = 0.001), diabetes duration (r = 0.41, P < 0.001), total insulin dose (r = −0.17, P < 0.001), AER (r = 0.16, P < 0.001), BMI (r = 0.44, P < 0.001), total cholesterol (r = 0.11, P = 0.001), triglycerides (r = 0.10, P = 0.001), HDL cholesterol (r = 0.05, P = 0.01) and LDL cholesterol (r = 0.07, P = 0.001).