Table 2.

Prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy of participants with gender difference.

	Total (N = 12,766)	Male (N = 5963)	Female (N = 6803)	P value
Diabetic retinopathy, n (%)	3847 (30.1)	1731 (29.0)	2116 (31.1)	0.011
Nonproliferative, n (%)
Stage I	1822 (14.3)	843 (14.1)	981 (14.5)	0.141
Stage II	1426 (11.2)	634 (10.8)	791 (11.6)
Stage III	416 (3.3)	168 (2.8)	247 (3.6)
Proliferative, n (%)
Stage IV	137 (1.1)	61 (1.0)	76 (1.1)
Stage V	27 (0.2)	13 (0.2)	14 (0.2)
Stage VI	19 (0.1)	12 (0.2)	7 (0.1)

Data are n (%).