From: VEGF, apelin and HO-1 in diabetic patients with retinopathy: a correlation analysis
Variables | VEGF | Apelin | HO-1 | |||
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r | p | r | p | r | p | |
Age | 0.215 | 0.180 | 0.257 | 0.097 | −0.148 | 0.103 |
Gender | 0.115 | 0.097 | 0.150 | 0.104 | −0.121 | 0.079 |
Time course of DM | 0.389 | 0.042 | 0.275 | 0.033 | 0.206 | 0.044 |
BMI | 0.167 | 0.079 | 0.201 | 0.059 | 0.085 | 0.102 |
Hypertension | 0.294 | 0.157 | 0.175 | 0.202 | 0.213 | 0.119 |
HDL-c | −0.168 | 0.096 | −0.074 | 0.138 | 0.128 | 0.085 |
LDL-c | 0.156 | 0.104 | 0.183 | 0.099 | −0.226 | 0.142 |
TG | 0.115 | 0.095 | 0.245 | 0.206 | −0.117 | 0.195 |
TC | 0.099 | 0.183 | 0.105 | 0.126 | −0.136 | 0.092 |
FPG | 0.468 | 0.018 | 0.381 | 0.009 | −0.403 | 0.017 |
HbAlc | 0.395 | 0.037 | 0.214 | 0.015 | −0.378 | 0.035 |
VEGF | – | – | 0.787 | 0.011 | −6.165 | 0.017 |
Apelin | 0.787 | 0.011 | – | – | −5.090 | 0.009 |