Table 1. Distribution of age, sex, duration of diabetes, blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels in the study groups.
| Variable | Group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | No DR | NPDR | PDR | |||
| Age (years)
Mean ± SD |
52.63±8.04 |
52.00±6.07 |
57.21±4.84 |
53.35±7.14 |
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| Sex |
Male |
6 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
|
| Female |
13 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
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| Duration of diabetes mellitus (years)
Mean ± SD |
Not applicable |
7.16±6.12 |
10.26±5.89 |
11.08±4.61 |
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| Blood glucose (mg/dl)
Mean ± SD |
Fasting |
94.35±8.22 |
115.95±31.39 |
133.95±65.56 |
134.60±46.99 |
|
| Postprandial |
139.20±17.17 |
184.89±61.89 |
193.16±74.38 |
208.15±62.13 |
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| Glycosylated hemoglobin (% of total hemoglobin) Mean ± SD | 6.18±1.04, | 6.46±0.55, | 7.19±1.51, | 7.89±1.81, | ||
No DR: no diabetic retinopathy; NPDR: non proliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR: proliferative diabetic retinopathy.