TABLE 3.

Biochemical parameters in controls and diabetics <40 years and ≥40 years old

	<40 years old		p	≥40 years old		p
	Control (n = 28)	Diabetic (n = 29)		Control (n = 22)	Diabetic (n = 21)
AGEs in μg/ml, median (Q1, Q3)	6.5 (1.3, 12.9)	1.8 (0.6, 12.9)	0.137	4 (0.4, 29.1)	13.3 (0.6, 116.9)	0.276
MMP‐8 in μg/ml, median (Q1, Q3)	38.2 (15.1, 65.4)	30.1 (13.2, 51.4)	0.568	40.5 (20.2, 80.1)	34.3 (21.7, 65.1)	0.683
IL‐8 in pg/ml, median (Q1, Q3)	226 (170, 483)	223 (109, 311)	0.213	222 (131, 332)	219 (146, 383)	0.699