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Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2015 Mar 17;159(6):1152–1160.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.03.008

Table 5.

Risk factors for proliferative diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes participants in the Jackson Heart Study: significant results in multivariate analyses controlling for age and gender.

Variable	OR (95% CI)	P value
Diabetes duration^a	2.19 (1.66-2.89)	3.8 × 10^-8
Systolic Blood Pressure, mmHg^b	1.26 (1.02-1.57)	0.03
P-selectin, ng/ml^c	1.23 (1.03-1.46)	0.02
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	0.98 (0.969-0.996)	0.01

OR= Odds Ratio, CI= Confidence Interval

Odds ratio calculated per 5 year increase in duration of diabetes

Odds ratio calculated per 10 mmHg increase in systolic blood pressure

Odds ratio calculated per 5 ng/ml increase in P-selectin level