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. 2015 Sep 18;29(12):1585–1593. doi: 10.1038/eye.2015.177

Table 2. The Spearman's correlation analyses between study variables in diabetic and diabetic retinopathy patients.

Diabetes mellitus
Spearman's correlation Diabetic retinopathy
Dis.Dur FPG A1C Alb IMA cIMA GSH Variables GSH cIMA IMA Alb A1C FPG Dis.Dur
−0.07 −0.43 −0.45 −0.26 −0.28 −0.05 0.36 AGE −0.13 0.35 0.34 −0.24 0.21 0.22 0.36
0.79 0.09 0.08 0.31 0.29 0.85 0.16   0.60 0.18 0.15 0.32 0.40 0.37 0.13
  0.26 0.66 −0.01 0.09 0.08 −0.23 Dis.Dur −0.31 0.68 −0.73 −0.18 0.64 0.56  
  0.32 0.005* 0.96 0.74 0.76 0.37   0.19 0.002* 0.001* 0.45 0.004* 0.01*  
    0.57 0.18 0.60 0.41 −0.26 FPG −0.52 0.72 0.74 −0.26 0.50    
    0.02* 0.48 0.01* 0.11 0.32   0.02* 0.001* 0.001* 0.28 0.03*    
      0.16 0.55 0.43 −0.24 A1C −0.37 0.52 0.70 0.03      
      0.54 0.02* 0.09 0.36   0.12 0.02* 0.001* 0.88      
        −0.01 −0.36 −0.31 Alb 0.16 −0.53 −0.19        
        0.95 0.16 0.23   0.50 0.07 0.43        
          0.89 −0.50 IMA −0.49 0.87          
          0.00* 0.04*   0.03* 0.00*          
            −0.30 cIMA −0.48            
            0.25   0.04*            

Abbreviations: A1C, glycated hemoglobin; Alb, albumin; cIMA, corrected IMA for albumin levels; Dis.Dur, duration of disease; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; GSH, reduced glutathione; IMA, ischemia modified albumin.

Non-highlighted, non-italic numbers are correlation coefficient (r) values. Highlighted, italic numbers are statistical significance (P) values, *P<0.05.