Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Promotes High-Glucose-Induced Dysfunction and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Retinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the participants.

Variables	Controls	NDR	NPDR	PDR	χ^2 value	value
n	5	5	5	5
Age (year)	65.2 ± 7.46	67.2 ± 7.69	60.6 ± 7.27	57.4 ± 3.50	6.187	0.103
Female (%)	60	40	60	40		0.861
Diabetes duration (year)	NS	7.0 ± 3.46	8.20 ± 1.79	10.60 ± 0.89	4.111	0.128

values were determined using Wilcoxon test and McNemar test as appropriate.