Systemic Factors Related to Intraocular Levels of Interleukin-6 and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Diabetic Retinopathy

Table 3

Correlation of the intraocular VEGF level with systemic factors.

	Simple linear regression		Multiple linear regression
	Regression coefficient	value	value
Gender	0.028	0.293
Age	0.006	0.618	0.975
Duration of diabetes	0.021	0.364	0.552
History of laser photocoagulation	0.022	0.334
Body mass index	0.014	0.456	0.532
Systolic BP	0.001	0.812
Diastolic BP	0.005	0.667
Hypertension	0.012	0.491
Alcohol consumption	0.069	0.091
Smoking status	0.075	0.079
Insulin	0.006	0.614
HbA1C	0.024	0.325
Fasting glucose	0.005	0.667
HOMA-IR	0.0004	0.894
HOMA-beta	0.004	0.690
C-peptide	0.042	0.192
Total cholesterol	0.004	0.682
Triglycerides	0.024	0.331
HDL cholesterol	0.043	0.186
LDL cholesterol	0.005	0.641
Apolipoprotein-A	0.058	0.152
Apolipoprotein-B	0.005	0.685
Lipoprotein A	0.160	0.014	0.032

BP, blood pressure; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance; HOMA-beta, homeostasis model assessment-beta; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.