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Table 3 Laboratory investigations of diabetics grouped according to DR types

From: Vascular endothelial growth factor +405G/C polymorphism as a predictor of diabetic retinopathy

 

No.

Mean

SD

P value

HbA1c

No

76

7.65

1.58

0.003

NPDR

85

7.81

1.53

PDR

105

8.00

1.61

Total cholesterol

No

76

230.67

41.03

0.001

NPDR

85

231.67

45.16

PDR

105

239.36

47.46

Triglycerides

No

76

172.47

26.44

0.002

NPDR

85

177.81

43.27

PDR

105

179.98

33.29

HDL

No

76

49.18

11.72

0.001

NPDR

85

47.64

11.61

PDR

105

51.34

10.41

LDL

No

76

152.72

43.19

0.028

NPDR

85

148.84

45.86

PDR

105

151.28

47.10

FBS

No

76

223.4

76.4

0.835

NPDR

85

223.5

79.1

PDR

105

217.4

84.0

PPBS

No

76

286.3

81.2

0.437

NPDR

85

306.2

105.1

PDR

105

295.8

103.1

Creatinine

No.

76

1.0

0.4

0.003

NPDR

85

1.0

0.2

PDR

105

0.9

0.2

Urea

No.

76

42.0

10.2

0.001

NPDR

85

40.2

10.8

PDR

105

36.9

6.6

Serum VEGF

No.

76

189.9

67.05

0.678

DR

190

193.87

57.09

  1. Diabetes mellitus was considered uncontrolled when the level of HbA1c ≥ 6.5%