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 5
Comparison of skin AGEs levels in different TCM syndrome groups.
Group
AGEs
Deficiency of qi and yin deficiency, collateral and vessel stasis syndrome (n = 72)
93.5 ± 3.6
Deficiency of liver and kidney deficiency, dystrophy of eye and collaterals (n = 99)
90.1 ± 4.2
Yin and yang deficiency, blood stasis and phlegm coagulation syndrome (n = 59)
