Research Article
Glucose-Regulated Protein 78 in the Aqueous Humor of Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema
Table 1
Demographics and clinical characteristics of the center-involving diabetic macular edema patients.
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Values are expressed as or as medians with interquartile ranges, as appropriate. HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; OCT: optical coherence tomography; HF: hyperreflective foci; CME: cystoid macular edema; DRT: diffuse retinal thickening; EZ: ellipsoid zone; GRP78: glucose-regulated protein of 78 kDa; IL: interleukin; PlGF: placental growth factor; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity; CST: central subfield thickness; DMR: DM retinopathy; NPDR: nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR: proliferative diabetic retinopathy. |