Plasma Levels of IL-17, VEGF, and Adrenomedullin and S-Cone Dysfunction of the Retina in Children and Adolescents without Signs of Retinopathy and with Varied Duration of Diabetes

Table 3

Multiple linear regression analyses for b-wave amplitudes for 0.2 cd × s/m², b-wave amplitudes for 0.5 cd × s/m², and b-wave implicit time for 0.5 cd × s/m² as dependent variables.

Dependent variable	𝑟^2	Independent variable	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients 𝛽	𝑡	𝑃
			𝐵	Standard 𝐵 error
b-wave amplitude 0.2 cd × s/m^2	0.38	Constant	14.69	7.24		2.03	0.0469
		VEGF	1.10	0,25	−0.25	−2.13	0.0376
		LDL-; cholesterol	−0.13	0.03	−0.45	−4.03	0.0001
b-wave amplitude; 0.5 cd × s/m^2	0.43	Constant	−0.2	7.72		−0.03	0.9799
		HbA1c	−1.81	0.57	−0.42	−3.19	0.0022
		LDL-; cholesterol	−0.35	0.08	−0.84	−4.53	0.0004
b-wave implicit time; for 0.5 cd × s/m^2	0.31	Constant	46.40	1.55		30.02	0.0000
		HDL-; cholesterol	−0.01	0.01	−0.25	−2.21	0.0307
		IL-17	0.22	0.08	0.33	2.75	0.0079