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Table 1 Characteristics of study groups

From: Serum vascular endothelial growth factor is a biomolecular biomarker of severity of diabetic retinopathy

S. no

Characteristic

Controls (n = 40)

No DR (n = 38)

NPDR (n = 38)

PDR (n = 40)

1.

Age (years) (mean ± SD)

52.95 ± 7.49

52.11 ± 5.84

55.21 ± 4.78

53.58 ± 6.87

2.

Gender

 Male

26

24

26

25

 Female

14

14

12

15

3.

Duration of diabetes in years (mean ± SD)

0

7.16 ± 6.04

10.26 ± 5.82

11.08 ± 4.55

4.

Glycated Hb (%) (mean ± SD)

5.35 ± 0.1

7.42 ± 0.19

8.48 ± 0.28

8.90 ± 0.18

5.

Central subfield thickness (mean ± SE)

247.9 ± 2.6

251.7 ± 4.3

304.7 ± 22.5

455.9 ± 19.36

6.

S. urea (mg/dl)

33.26 ± 0.8

38.03 ± 2.1

37.96 ± 0.9

39.89 ± 1.1

7.

S. creatinine (mg/dl)

0.96 ± 0.01

1.12 ± 0.02

1.11 ± 0.02

1.61 ± 0.01