Correlation of clinical characteristics and cytokine concentration with diabetic retinopathy severity
| Rho (Spearman’s p) | P value | |
| Age | ||
| 0.099 | 0.44 | |
| Time of diagnosis | ||
| 0.258 | 0.71 | |
| HbA1c | ||
| 0.687 | 0.01 | |
| BMI | ||
| 0.815 | 0.001* | |
| Serum creatinine | ||
| 0.801 | 0.001* | |
| IL-1ß | ||
| −0.035 | 0.76 | |
| IL-2 | ||
| −0.154 | 0.17 | |
| IL-4 | ||
| −0.254 | 0.24 | |
| IL-6 | ||
| 0.304 | 0.006* | |
| IL-8 | ||
| −0.113 | 0.31 | |
| IL-10 | ||
| −0.012 | 0.91 | |
| IL-12 | ||
| −0.210 | 0.06 | |
| L-17ª | I | |
| 0.014 | 0.90 | |
| TNFα | ||
| 0.408 | 0.001* | |
| IFN-γ | ||
| −0.133 | 0.24 | |
*Significance value p<0.05.
BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, haemoglobin A1c; IFN-γ, interferon-gamma; IL, interleukin ; TNFα, tumour necrosis factor alpha.