Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of our study sample.

	Mean ± SD
Age (years)	63.3 ± 5.2
HbA1c (%, mmol/ml)	6.3 ± 1.9 (45 ± 20.8)
BMI	26.6 ± 4.2
MDA (nmol/ml)	4.21 ± 0.4
	N (%)
Gender Male Female	138 (48.9) 144 (51.1)
DR stage Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV	74 (26.2) 65 (23.0) 49 (17.5) 94 (33.3)

BMI: body mass index; MDA: malondialdehyde; DR: diabetic retinopathy