Research Article

Lipoprotein(a) Serum Levels in Diabetic Patients with Retinopathy

Table 2

Laboratory parameters of subjects included in the study.

ParameterPatients with retinopathy ( )Patients without retinopathy ( )P

Cholesterol total (mmol/L) 6.24 ± 1.085.87 ± 0.96
Cholesterol HDL (mmol/L) 1.44 ± 0.361.36 ± 0.30
Cholesterol LDL (mmol/L) 4.19 ± 0.993.87 ± 0.95
Triglycerides (mmol/L) 1.67 ± 0.761.48 ± 0.88
Apolipoprotein A1 (g/L) 1.54 ± 0.181.47 ± 0.20
Apolipoprotein B (g/L) 1.08 ± 0.211.06 ± 0.19
Lipoprotein(a) (mg/dL) 56.4 ± 28.234.1 ± 12.4
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)172 ± 26 135 ± 28
HbA1c (%)8.8 ± 0.6 7.2 ± 0.7