Potential effects of angiogenesis-related factors on the severity of APAC and surgical outcomes of trabeculectomy

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 3 Correlations between target proteins and associated factors in two groups

Spearman Correlation		Previous APAC
Target Protein (pg/ml)		Age	Gender	Preoperative IOP	Number of preoperative eyedrops	Interval between the onset of APAC and trabeculectomy
EPO	r	-0.177	-0.137	0.343*	0.404*	-0.048
EPO	P	0.309	0.433	0.044	0.016	0.786
PDGF-AA	r	0.132	-0.101	0.444*	0.225	-0.230
PDGF-AA	P	0.449	0.562	0.008	0.193	0.183
PDGF-BB	r	-0.125	-0.142	0.515*	0.293	-0.324
PDGF-BB	P	0.473	0.417	0.002	0.087	0.058
PDGF-CC	r	0.152	-0.153	0.317	0.115	-0.217
PDGF-CC	P	0.384	0.382	0.064	0.512	0.211
PDGF-DD	r	0.029	-0.348*	0.137	0.086	-0.454*
PDGF-DD	P	0.876	0.040	0.432	0.624	0.006

Note:Spearman correlation test was used to evaluate the correlations between EPO, PDGF-AA, PDGF-BB, PDGF-CC and PDGF-DD and demographic characteristic in previous APAC group. *P<0.05
APAC acute primary angle closure, IOP intraocular pressure

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