Table 1.

The characteristics of DR patients and normal control volunteers.

Parameters	Control group (n = 24)	DR group (n = 24)
Gender (male/female)	13/11	15/9
Age (years)	49.6 ± 6.5	50.2 ± 5.7
Mean BMI	24.3 ± 2.6	27.5 ± 3.2
FBG (mg/dL)	89.3 ± 12.1	152.6 ± 43.2
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	153.4 ± 24.3	215.3 ± 52.9
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	81.5 ± 15.6	256.3 ± 87.6
HbA1C (%)	3.9 ± 0.2	8.2 ± 0.9

FBG, fasting blood glucose; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c.