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. 2023 Sep 29;28:391. doi: 10.1186/s40001-023-01325-x

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of NPDR and PDR in participants

Variables NDR NPDR PDR p-value
N 644 653 59  < 0.001*
Gender(male), % 347 (53.9%) 312 (47.8%) 31 (52.5%) 0.086
Age, y 58.9 ± 12.3 62.7 ± 10.6 60.58 ± 12.1  < 0.001*
BMI, kg/m2 26.2 ± 4.0 25.3 ± 3.3 24.5 ± 3.9  < 0.001*
WHR 0.95 ± 0.07 0.96 ± 0.07 0.95 ± 0.07 0.051
DM duration, y 8.7 ± 6.6 12.4 ± 7.8 12.7 ± 8.2  < 0.001*
HbA1c, % 7.9 (6.8,9.5) 8.3 (7.0,9.7) 8.4 (7.2,9.6) 0.035*
SBP, mmHg 136 ± 17 140 ± 19 145 ± 24  < 0.001*
DBP, mmHg 79 ± 11 78 ± 11 78 ± 11 0.046*
Cortisol 269 (227,332) 305 (244,369) 327 (277,395)  < 0.001*
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2 132.3 ± 65.4 112.2 ± 51.5 118.9 ± 59.0  < 0.001*
Lipid Profile, mmol/L
 LDL-c 2.77 ± 0.86 2.69 ± 1.03 2.51 ± 1.23 0.083
 FFA 0.39 ± 0.18 0.40 ± 0.21 0.37 ± 0.16 0.430
 TC 4.52 ± 1.04 4.52 ± 1.31 4.22 ± 1.46 0.216
 TG 1.41(1.00,2.12) 1.34(0.95,2.00) 1.17(0.88,1.60) 0.005*
sUA, umol/L 322 (264,390) 320 (263,385) 300 (253,360) 0.105
Smoking History 181 (28.1%) 162 (24.8%) 15 (25.4%) 0.652
Drinking History 172 (26.7%) 160 (24.5%) 14 (23.7%) 0.397

Kruskal–Wallis H test or Chi-square test

Normally distributed variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, non-normal variables are expressed as median (IQR) and categorical variables are expressed as percentage (%)

BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure, DM diabetes mellitus, WHR waist hip ratio, FFA free fatty acid, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, eGFR epidermal growth factor receptor, LDL-C Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, sUA serum uric acid, IQR inter-quartile range