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Table 4 Univariate analysis demonstrating correlations of serum and tear PAI-1 levels with other variables in diabetic patients without retinopathy

From: Relationship between serum and tear levels of tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in diabetic retinopathy

Parameters

PAI-1 tears

PAI-1 blood

tPA tears

tPA blood

r ª(p value)b

r (p value)

r (p value)

r (p value)

BMI

0.317 (0.131)

0.161 (0.552)

0.166 (0.486)

0.309 (0.213)

Age

-0.009 (0.974)

0.208 (0.330)

-0.330 (0.155)

-0.249 (0.320)

DM duration

0.071 (0.793)

-0.026 (0.903)

0.114 (0.633)

0.384 (0.116)

HbA1c

0.040 (0.884)

-0.021 (0.921)

-0.011 (0.962)

0.081 (0.751)

FBS

-0.015 (0.957)

-0.090 (0.676)

-0.265 (0.260)

-0.152 (0.548)

CRP

-0.344 (0.191)

0.360 (0.084)

-0.035 (0.883)

0.242 (0.334)

Uric acid

0.117 (0.665)

0.034 (0.875)

-0.049 (0.838)

-0.203 (0.418)

UACR

-0.187 (0.489)

0.501 (0.013)

-0.035 (0.883)

0.041 (0.870)

  1. aSpearman correlation test
  2. P value < 0.05
  3. BMI Body mass index, HbA1c Hemoglobin A1c, DM Diabetes mellitus, FBS Fasting blood sugar, CRP C-reactive protein, UACR Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio