Angiogenic and Vasculogenic Factors in the Vitreous from Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Table 3

Comparisons of mean angiogenic and vasculogenic factor levels in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) patients with or without hemorrhage.

Disease group	VEGF (pg/mL)	sVEGFR-2 (pg/mL)	SCF (pg/mL)	s-kit (pg/mL)	PGF2  (pg/mL)
PDR with hemorrhage	994.1±1357.4	1567.9±2118.8	253.1±660.2	682.7±1643.0	24.6±9.3
PDR without hemorrhage	453.6±1156.7	1404.7±425.8	84.7±56.4	291.4±149.3	34.1±10.3
Controls	31.6±37.9	678.0±471.5	21.6±38.5	87.5±91.5	58.0±18.8
ANOVA 𝑃 value	<0.001*	0.003*	0.001*	0.001*	<0.001*

∗Statistically significant at 5% level.
VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; sVEGFR-2: soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2; SCF: stem cell factor; s-kit: soluble c-kit; PGE₂: prostaglandin E₂.