Therapeutic Effect of Abelmoschus manihot on Type 2 Diabetic Nonproliferative Retinopathy and the Involvement of VEGF

Table 1

Comparisons of demographic characteristics between two groups.

	T group (n = 40)	C group (n = 40)
Sex (male/female)	23/17	27/13	0.36
Age (years)	61 (52, 64)	55 (50, 63)	0.16
DM duration (years)	10 (5, 15)	8 (5, 13)	0.28
BMI (kg/m^2)	25.9 ± 3.6	26.4 ± 3.3	0.48

T: treatment; C: control; BMI: body mass index.