In multivariate analysis integrating all significant covariates (retinopathy treated with laser, urinary albumin/creatinine ratio, coronary arterial disease, insulin treatment and quantitative variables in bold, in Tables 1 and 2), presence of neuropathy defined by NDS score ≥6 was still associated (r = 0.51, p<0.0001) with dp-ucMGP levels (β = -0.26, p = 0.045), height (β = -0.38, p = 0.01), insulin treatment (β = 0.42, p = 0.002), retinopathy treated by laser (β = 0.26, p = 0.02), and total cholesterol level (β = 0.3, p = 0.03) (Table 3). Here, ALB is linked to coronary artery disorder.