Research Article
Gremlin in the Vitreous of Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy and the Downregulation of Gremlin in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of the study population.
| | Clinical characteristics | PDR () | Control () | value |
| | Age (Y) | | | | | Median (range) | 55 (41-72) | 66 (54-74) | | | Gender | | | | | Male | 14 (54%) | 12 (55%) | | | Female | 9 (41%) | 13 (59%) | | | Duration of diabetes (Y) | | | | | Median (range) | 9.6 (5-15) | — | | | Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) | | | | | Median (range) | 7.04 (4.13-8.98) | 5.10 (4.16-6.0) | | | Glycosylated hemoglobin (%) | 6.8 (4.8-9.5) | — | | | Received photocoagulation treatment | 24 (92%) | — | | | Received insulin treatment | 23 (88.5%) | — | |
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value was calculated by Mann–Whitney test and chi-squared test between control and PDR cases. |
