Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) groups at baseline.

Age years (SD)

57.6 (6.4)

56.2 (8.6)

0.58^a

Sex F n (%)

10 (55.6)

9 (50)

0.73^b

BMI (kg/m²) (SD)

28.2 (5.1)

28.5 (9.4)

0.42^c

DM2 years (SD)

15.8 (5.9)

16.0 (6.3)

0.92^a

HbA1c, % (SD)

7.5 (1.4)

8.0 (1.9)

0.42^a

SCr mg/dl (SD)

1.2 (0.5)

1.0 (0.4)

0.27^c

eGFR ml/min) (SD)

69.9 (24.8)

83.8 (27.4)

0.12^a

SPRL ng/ml (SD)

7.7 (4.0)

10.3 (5.7)

0.10^c