Research Article
SNP rs2073618 of the Osteoprotegerin Gene Is Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy in Slovenian Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Table 1
Clinical and laboratory characteristics of cases and controls.
| | Characteristics | Cases | Controls | P value |
| | Number | 280 | 365 | | | Age (years) | | | 0.6 | | Male sex (%) | 146 (52.2) | 187 (51.2) | 0.8 | | Duration of diabetes (years) | | | <0.001 | | Patients on insulin therapy (%) | 195 (69.8) | 148 (40.5) | <0.001 | | HbA1c (%)* | | | 0.009 | | Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | | | 0.2 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | | | 0.9 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 28.8 ± 4.9 | | 0.007 | | History of hypertension (%) | 218 (77.7) | 285 (78) | 0.5 | | Smokers (%) | 28 (9.9) | 24 (6.7) | 0.2 | | Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | | | 0.005 | | HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | | | 0.007 | | LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | | | 0.001 | | Triglycerides (mmol/L) | | | 0.4 |
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The values represent mean ± standard deviation. Bold indicates statistically significant results.
The average value for haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).
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