Research Article

Identification of Chemokines and Growth Factors in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Vitreous

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the study population.

Clinical characteristicsNon-PDR PDR value 
Non-PDR versus PDR
MH ERM

Age (Y)
 Median (range)59 (47–70)56 (41–69)58 (46–73)
Gender
  Female8 (50%)6 (60%)14 (44%)
  Male8 (50%)4 (40%)18 (56%)
Duration of Diabetic (Y)
 Median (range)10 (5–14)
Fasting blood-glucose (mmol/L)
 Median (range)4.84 (4.08–6.00)5.09 (4.56–6)7.35 (4.34–8.92)
Glycosylated hemoglobin (%)5.35 (4.78–5.8)5.05 (4.67–6.0)7.0 (4.7–9.6)
Received insulin treatment 29 (90.6%)
Received photocoagulation treatment28 (87.5%)

value was calculated by Mann-Whitney test or chi-square test between non-PDR and PDR cases.