marginally significantP = 0.056
On correction for potential confounders, DM remained significantly associated with defective mobilization of CD133 + ( P = 0.015), CD34 + CD133 + ( P = 0.011), and CD133 + KDR + ( P = 0.013) cells, whereas the association between defective CD34 + KDR + mobilization and DM was marginally significant ( P = 0.056) and blunted by age ( P = 0.024).