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. 2012 Sep 29;2012:493043. doi: 10.1155/2012/493043

Table 1.

Comparisons of mean angiogenesis and fibrogenesis regulatory factor levels in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) patients.

Disease group OPN (ng/mL) HMGB1 (ng/mL) CTGF (ng/mL) PEDF (ng/mL)
PDR (n = 48) 837.36 ± 1012.3 4.47 ± 10.1 1.91 ± 2.2 4.06 ± 7.9
RD (n = 30) 209.33 ± 192.5 0.98 ± 0.9 0.22 ± 0.3 0.32 ± 0.2
P value (Mann-Whitney test) <0.001* 0.002* <0.001* <0.001*
PVR (n = 17) 737.95 ± 996.5 2.79 ± 5.4 0.65 ± 0.5 0.98 ± 0.9
RD (n = 30) 209.33 ± 192.5 0.98 ± 0.9 0.22 ± 0.3 0.32 ± 0.2
P value (Mann-Whitney test) 0.425 0.571 <0.001* <0.004*

*Statistically significant at 5% level of significance.

OPN: osteopontin; HMGB1: high-mobility group box-1; CTGF: connective tissue growth factor; PEDF: pigment epithelium-derived factor.