Research Article

Genetic Investigation of Complement Pathway Genes in Type 2 Diabetic Retinopathy: An Inflammatory Perspective

Table 1

Characteristics of the study subjects.

CharacteristicDR
()
DM
()
value

Age (years)0.66
Gender (F/M)151/144153/1220.29
Duration of diabetes (years)<0.01
Duration of DR (years)N/A
Progression time from diabetes to DR (years)N/A
HbA1C (%)0.50
BMI (kg/m2)0.82
Hypertension (%)73.266.90.10
Hyperlipidemia (%)30.823.30.042
Smoking (%)13.916.00.48
Insulin therapy (%)46.826.2<0.001
Family history of diabetes (%)26.121.50.19

P values were compared by or Student’s -test, and was considered statistically significant. DR: diabetic retinopathy; DM: diabetes mellitus; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; BMI: body mass index.