The Correlation between the Level of Skin Advanced Glycation End Products in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and the Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy and the Types of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome

Table 4

Comparison of basic data of different TCM syndrome groups.

	Qi and yin deficiency, collateral and vessel stasis syndrome group (n = 72)	Liver and kidney deficiency, eye and collateral dystrophy syndrome group (n = 99)	Yin and yang deficiency, blood stasis and phlegm coagulation group (n = 59)
Gender (male/female)	39/33	60/39	34/25
Age (year) [M (Q)]	59.5 (8.1)	57.4 (9.2)	59.5 (8.8)
Height (cm)	162.9 ± 4.9	160.6 ± 8.3	162.6 ± 6.8
Wight (kg)	64.7 ± 6.0	67.6 ± 7.3	66.9 ± 7.5
The course of disease (year)	3.3 ± 1.7	3.4 ± 1.5	3.6 ± 1.6
FPG (mmol/L)	9.6 ± 1.8	9.6 ± 1.3	9.5 ± 1.7
HbA1c (%)	8.6 ± 1.9	9.0 ± 1.4	8.9 ± 1.5
TC (mmol/L)	4.6 ± 1.5	4.5 ± 1.8	4.5 ± 1.8
TG (mmol/L)	1.6 ± 0.5	1.6 ± 0.7	1.5 ± 0.6
LDL (mmol/L)	2.4 ± 0.8	2.8 ± 0.6	2.5 ± 0.9
HDL (mmol/L)	1.3 ± 0.9	1.2 ± 0.4	1.1 ± 0.5
UMA (g/L)	85.9 ± 13.2	79.4 ± 18.4	95.36 ± 33.8