Research Article
Aqueous Cytokines as Predictors of Macular Edema in Patients with Diabetes following Uncomplicated Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery
Table 5
Relationship between the concentrations of the assayed cytokines and the severity of DR (pg/mL).
| | Levela | | IL-1β (SD) | IL-6 (SD) | IL-8 (SD) | IP-10 (SD) | MCP-1 (SD) | VEGF (SD) |
| | 1 | 3 | 5.1 (8.4) | 28.4 (23.1) | 17.3 (13.3) | 1.8 (1.5) | 236.7 (212.8) | 468.6 (304.3) | | 2 | 9 | 9.8 (7.6) | 34.8 (25.3) | 21.5 (15.5) | 3.2 (2.1) | 486.7 (163.1) | 632.1 (368.1) | | 3 | 13 | 13.3 (11.1) | 42.3 (31.8) | 25.3 (13.1) | 7.3 (3.6) | 656.1 (256.7) | 787.3 (357.3) | | 4 | 4 | 16.2 (13.3) | 76.2 (47.3) | 35.8 (29.7) | 12.2 (9.1) | 837.6 (367.9) | 867.4 (423.8) | | 5 | 5 | 21.7 (14.2) | 121.7 (69.3) | 65.8 (52.1) | 18.4 (17.9) | 1306.5 (683.4) | 976.2 (476.4) | | valueb | | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
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Level: 1 = nondiabetic retinopathy; 2 = mild nonproliferative retinopathy; 3 = moderate nonproliferative retinopathy; 4 = severe nonproliferative retinopathy; 5 = proliferative retinopathy.
bKruskal-Wallis test.
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