Associations of serum uric acid and urinary albumin with the severity of diabetic retinopathy in individuals with type 2 diabetes

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of people with diabetes in NDR, NPDR and PDR group

Variable	NDR group (N = 172)	NPDR group (N = 184)	PDR group (N = 162)
SUA (μmol/L)	360.7 ± 100.2	397.4 ± 90.9^*	421.5 ± 112.4^*#
Homocysteine (μmol/L)	10.89 ± 4.56	22.56 ± 2.31^**	30.77 ± 3.49^*#
TC (mmol/L)	4.9 ± 1.65	6.2 ± 1.19^*	6.9 ± 1.59^*
LDL-c (mmol/L)	3.09 ± 0.89	3.55 ± 0.86^*	3.78 ± 0.23^*
Urinary albumin (mg/L)	16.0 ± 1.21	98.4 ± 1.46^**	356.8 ± 4.69^**##

^*P < 0.05, ^**P < 0.01 compared with people with diabetes in NDR group; ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01 compared with people with diabetes in NPDR group. SUA serum uric acid, TC total cholesterol, LDL-c low density lipoprotein cholesterol

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