Correlation between Imaging Morphological Findings and Laboratory Biomarkers in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema

Table 5

Association between laboratory variables and central subfield thickness on optical coherence tomography. Laboratory variables are summarized as median (IQR: interquartile range).

	()	()	(MWW)
Red blood cells (10^6/μl)	4.6 (0.48)	4.79 (0.76)	0.097
White blood cells (10^3/μl)	7.7 (3.31)	7.87 (1.95)	0.728
Neutrophils (10^3/μl)	5.0 (3.0)	4.64 (1.74)	0.174
Lymphocytes (10^3/μl)	1.97 (0.76)	2.08 (1.02)	0.282
Monocytes (10^3/μl)	0.57 (0.29)	0.54 (0.20)	0.824
Platelets (10^3/μl)	241 (82)	251 (68)	0.359
Hematocrit (%)	40.5 (4.7)	40.9 (4.1)	0.728
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	13.3 (1.5)	13.9 (1.0)	0.516
Monocytes/lymphocytes	0.28 (0.20)	0.27 (0.17)	0.268
Neutrophils/lymphocytes	2.74 (1.34)	1.95 (0.72)	0.043
Monocytes/HDL	0.012 (0.007)	0.013 (0.006)	0.950
Glucose (mg/dl)	159 (92)	180 (97)	0.179
HbA1c (%)	8.2 (2.3)	7.6 (3.4)	0.924
Urea (mg/dl)	37 (19)	38.9 (17.1)	0.812
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.9 (0.5)	0.8 (0.2)	0.608
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	163 (47)	153 (64)	0.658
LDL (mg/dl)	95 (43)	84 (55)	0.716
HDL (mg/dl)	48 (12)	45 (20)	0.924
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	137 (90)	122 (207)	0.693
IL-6 (pg/ml)	3.4 (3.6)	3.8 (1.9)	0.764
Apolipoprotein A (mg/dl)	142 (32)	144 (43)	0.937
Apolipoprotein B (mg/dl)	88 (25)	75 (56)	0.359
Lipoprotein (a) (nmol/l)	60.0 (162.1)	10.1 (17.4)	0.003
Homocysteine (μmol/l)	18.3 (10.9)	15.2 (6.9)	0.624
Vitamin D (ng/ml)	21.7 (13.0)	21.3 (18.7)	0.776

MWW: Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon’s test.