Clinical Study
Imbalance of the Nerve Growth Factor and Its Precursor as a Potential Biomarker for Diabetic Retinopathy
Table 1
(a) Clinical characteristics of control subjects. (b) Clinical characteristics of diabetic patients.
(a) |
| Patient | Type | Age | Sex | Ethnicity | Sample | Retinal pathology |
| 1 | Control | 65 | Female | White | Both | Macular hole | 2 | Control | 72 | Male | White | Both | Macular pucker | 3 | Control | 18 | Female | Black | Vitreous | Retinal detachment | 4 | Control | 59 | Male | White | Serum | Retinal detachment | 5 | Control | 60 | Male | White | Serum | Retinal detachment | 6 | Control | 70 | Male | Black | Vitreous | Retinal detachment, globe injury | 7 | Control | 40 | Male | White | Serum | Retinal detachment | 8 | Control | 62 | Female | Black | Vitreous | Macular hole | 9 | Control | 57 | Male | White | Serum | Retinal detachment |
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(b) |
| Patient | Type | Age | Sex | Ethnicity | Sample | HbA1c | Retinal pathology |
| 10 | Diabetic | 46 | Female | Black | Both | Unknown | PDR | 11 | Diabetic | 75 | Male | White | Both | 8.7 | PDR | 12 | Diabetic | 57 | Female | Black | Both | 9.7 | PDR | 13 | Diabetic | 38 | Female | Black | Both | 11.3 | PDR | 14 | Diabetic | 51 | Female | Black | Both | 6.8 | PDR | 15 | Diabetic | 58 | Female | White | Both | Unknown | PDR | 16 | Diabetic | 31 | Female | Black | Both | Unknown | PDR | 17 | Diabetic | 55 | Male | Black | Both | Unknown | PDR | 18 | Diabetic | 50 | Female | White | Both | 6.8 | PDR | 19 | Diabetic | 24 | Female | Black | Both | 6.4 | PDR | 20 | Diabetic | 49 | Male | Black | Both | Unknown | PDR |
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