Homocysteine Serum Levels in Diabetic Patients with Non Proliferative, Proliferative and without Retinopathy

Table 2

(a) Laboratory parameters of subjects included in the study. (b) Laboratory parameters of subjects included in the study.

(a)

Parameter	PDR 62	NPDR 63	Without DR 50
Cholesterol total (mmol/L)	6.11±1.02	5.71±1.04^∗∗	5.88±1.07^∗
HDL (mmol/L)	1.39±0.34	1.31±0.33^∗	1.38±0.37^∗
LDL (mmol/L)	4.35±0.37	4.09±0.31^∗∗∗	4.19±0.30^∗∗
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.86±0.62	1.56±0.64^∗∗	1.58±0.51^∗∗
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)	172±26	135±28^∗∗∗	147±24^∗∗∗
HbA1c (%)	8.8±0.6	7.2±0.7^∗∗∗	6.4±0.8^∗∗∗

Comparison between PDR and other groups: 𝑃 = NS*; 𝑃<0.05^∗∗; 𝑃<0.001^∗∗∗.

(b)

	Randomly selected patients 𝑛=75	PDR (𝑛=62)	NPDR (𝑛=63)	Controls (healthy subjects) (𝑛=80)	Diabetic without retinopathy (𝑛=50)
Creatinine (mg/dL)	84±18.4^CE§§§†	96±16.2^∗∗∗D§§§††	91.8±15.7^∗∗A§§§†	64±12.4^∗∗∗CF†††	87±13.7^∗BD§§§
Hcy (µmol/L)	10.2±4.7^CF§§†	18.2±5.6^∗∗∗F§§§†††	14.4±6.7^∗∗∗C§§§†	7.8±6.4^∗∗CF†††	12.1±6.8^∗CD§§§

Comparison between randomly selected patients and other groups: 𝑃=NS^∗; 𝑃<0.05^∗∗; 𝑃<0.001^∗∗∗.
Comparison between PDR and other groups: 𝑃=NS^A; 𝑃<0.05^B; 𝑃<0.001^c.
Comparison between NPDR and other groups: 𝑃=NS^D; 𝑃<0.05^E; 𝑃<0.001^F.
Comparison between controls and other groups: 𝑃=𝑁𝑆^§; 𝑃<0.05^§§; 𝑃<0.001^§§§.
Comparison between diabetic without retinopathy and other groups: 𝑃=NS^†; 𝑃<0.05^††; 𝑃<0.001^†††.