Table 1 Baseline information by diabetic retinopathy Status.

From: Relationship between free fatty acids and diabetic retinopathy in male patients with type 2 diabetes

Characteristic

Diabetic retinopathy status

p-value

NDR

N = 603

DR

N = 178

Age(years)

58.00 (51.00, 64.00)

58.00 (52.00, 64.00)

0.842

Duration (years)

8.00 (3.00, 14.00)

10.00 (5.00, 16.00)

0.002

BMI (kg/m2)

26.00 (23.80, 28.50)

25.60 (23.20, 27.70)

0.046

Smoke

0.267

 0

267 (45%)

69 (39%)

 

 1

332 (55%)

109 (61%)

 

Drink

0.882

 0

279 (47%)

86 (49%)

 

 1

321 (53%)

91 (51%)

 

Hypertension

0.003

 0

263 (44%)

100 (56%)

 

 1

340 (56%)

78 (44%)

 

SBP (mmHg)

139.00 (126.00, 151.00)

140.00 (129.00, 154.00)

0.115

DBP (mmHg)

82.00 (75.00, 91.00)

83.00 (76.00, 91.00)

0.443

HbA1c (%)

7.90 (6.80, 9.40)

8.60 (7.20, 10.50)

< 0.001

FBG (mmol/L)

6.67 (5.48, 8.24)

6.87 (5.48, 8.93)

0.462

C-P (ng/mL)

2.02 (1.31, 2.86)

1.59 (0.95, 2.49)

< 0.001

INS (µIU/mL)

7.18 (4.20, 11.72)

5.77 (3.05, 11.24)

0.012

EGFR (mL/min/1.73 m²)

94.64 (82.54, 103.79)

95.28 (81.96, 102.77)

0.976

FFA (mmol/L)

0.41 (0.29, 0.53)

0.35 (0.23, 0.54)

0.034

HDL (mmol/L)

1.09 (0.92, 1.25)

1.10 (0.93, 1.34)

0.164

LDL (mmol/L)

2.70 (2.05, 3.21)

2.71 (1.90, 3.30)

0.866

TG (mmol/L)

1.40 (0.98, 2.36)

1.36 (0.94, 2.12)

0.274

TC (mmol/L)

4.48 (3.73, 5.18)

4.52 (3.60, 5.25)

0.726

UA (umol/L)

346.00 (280.00, 403.00)

332.00 (284.00, 398.00)

0.680

AST (U/L)

17.00 (14.00, 22.00)

17.00 (14.00, 21.00)

0.595

ALT (U/L)

19.00 (14.00, 29.00)

18.00 (14.00, 26.00)

0.070

  1. Non-normal variables are expressed as the median (interquartile range) and categorical variables are expressed as the count (percentage). Comparisons between groups were made using the Mann-Whitney U test or chi-square test.